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"ref": "1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 51, page 78:",
"text": "Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)",
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"ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:",
"text": "On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.",
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"text": "We found Pop Glossop in his pantry polishing silver, and put in our order. He seemed a little surprised at the inrush of such a multitude, but on learning that our tongues were hanging out obliged with a bottle of the best […]",
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"ref": "1599, “Exodus 23:2”, in Geneva Bible, Tolle Lege Press, →ISBN, page 83:",
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"word": "ערב רב"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "המון"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "érev rav",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ערב רב"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mórshlua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "folla"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "multitudo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"word": "marea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"word": "hākerekere"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mòr-sluagh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мно̀штво"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пу̑к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "свјѐтина"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ма̀са"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "го̀мила"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "mnòštvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȗk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "svjètina"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "màsa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gòmila"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "multitud"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "janabāhuḷyamu",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"word": "జనబాహుళ్యము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"word": "millet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mass of ordinary people; the populace or the masses",
"word": "kalabalık"
}
],
"word": "multitude"
}
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