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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "άθυρμα"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "giocattolo"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "balocco"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "mea tākaro"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "لعبت"
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"word": "игру́шка"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "amuzilo"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "ludilo"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"tags": [
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"word": "Spielzeug"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áthyrma",
"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "άθυρμα"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "bréagán"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"masculine"
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"word": "giocattolo"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "balocco"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "lūdibrium"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "mea tākaro"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"tags": [
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"word": "leketøy"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"tags": [
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "leiketøy"
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "luʿbet",
"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "لعبت"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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],
"word": "brinquedo"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "igrúška",
"sense": "something intended for playing with",
"word": "игру́шка"
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"sense": "something intended for playing with",
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"word": "ѝграчка"
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