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{
"sense": "courage",
"word": "courage"
},
{
"sense": "connection box",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"word": "pothead"
},
{
"word": "T-box"
},
{
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "T-block"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who or something that pecks",
"word": "pikker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who or something that pecks",
"word": "Picker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who or something that pecks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Picker"
}
],
"word": "pecker"
}
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