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"ref": "1988, William Nack, Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, Da Capo Press, published 2002, page 58",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) nigger."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"ethnic",
"euphemistic",
"offensive",
"slur",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪkə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "knicker"
},
{
"homophone": "nikka (in non-rhotic accents)"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-nicker.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-au-nicker.ogg/En-au-nicker.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-au-nicker.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nicker"
}
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