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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-us-paperback.ogg/En-us-paperback.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-us-paperback.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"paperback"
],
"word": "paperback"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'book', 2: 'pocketbook'}",
"path": [
"paperback",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "paperback",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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