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"ref": "1951 February, K. Westcott Jones, “Some Australian Railway Byways”, in Railway Magazine, page 118",
"text": "A rather interesting and notable convenience, however, is that of ice water bags, which are hung on to the outside of the coaches at certain stops. These can be reached by leaning out of the window rather perilously, to unhook them, and paper cups are stocked in the compartments.",
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"ref": "1961 June, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States”, in Trains Illustrated, page 356",
"text": "My coach was air-conditioned, of course, and there was an iced drinking water fountain with a supply of paper cups in a recess by the rest-rooms and toilets.",
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"ref": "2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 55",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kūb waraqiyy",
"sense": "disposable cup",
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"masculine"
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"word": "كُوب وَرَقِيّ"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "紙杯"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "disposable cup",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "disposable cup",
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"word": "gobelet en carton"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disposable cup",
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"word": "Pappbecher"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "papírpohár"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "disposable cup",
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"masculine"
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"word": "bicchiere di carta"
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"sense": "disposable cup",
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"roman": "jong'ikeop",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "종이컵"
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"sense": "disposable cup",
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"word": "copo de papel"
},
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"roman": "bumážnyj stakánčik",
"sense": "disposable cup",
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"word": "бума́жный стака́нчик"
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"word": "vaso de papel"
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},
{
"ref": "2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 55",
"text": "Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them.",
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"word": "كُوب وَرَقِيّ"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "紙杯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐbēi",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "纸杯"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "pahvikuppi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "pahvimuki"
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"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gobelet en carton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pappbecher"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "papírpohár"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bicchiere di carta"
},
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"alt": "かみコップ",
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"roman": "kami-koppu",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "紙コップ"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jong'ikeop",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"word": "종이컵"
},
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
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"word": "copo de papel"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bumážnyj stakánčik",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "бума́жный стака́нчик"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "vaso de papel"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disposable cup",
"tags": [
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"word": "pappersmugg"
}
],
"word": "paper cup"
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