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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xujló",
"sense": "a despicable person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "хуйло́"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shtik drek",
"sense": "a despicable person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "שטיק דרעק"
}
],
"word": "piece of shit"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": “dingleberry” vs. kusotare, kusottare",
"path": [
"piece of shit"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "piece of shit",
"trace": ""
}
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