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"etymology_text": "First attested in the 1840s.",
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"ref": "1858 December 20, “The Huntington and Whitley Case”, in The Legislative Sentinel, volume I, number 14, page 137",
"text": "Democra s placed no nigger in the woodpile—the imputation came with a bad grace from the gentleman from Kosciusko.",
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"ref": "1964 September, “News: BR role in London traffic patterns”, in Modern Railways, page 200",
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"word": "nigger in the fence"
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{
"word": "Ethiopian in the woodpile"
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{
"word": "monkey in the woodpile"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "koira haudattuna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jotain mätää"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "anguille sous roche"
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"word": "couille"
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"neuter"
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"word": "Kuckucksei"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "gato encerrado"
}
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "koira haudattuna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jotain mätää"
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"word": "couille"
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"word": "Kuckucksei"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "gato encerrado"
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"word": "nigger in the woodpile"
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