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"ipa": "/ˈɑːdˌbɔl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːdbɔl"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oddball.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oddball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oddball.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oddball.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oddball.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ekscentričen",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "ексцентричен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "whanokē"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"oddball"
],
"word": "oddball"
}
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