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"forms": [
{
"form": "poor boxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "poor box (plural poor boxes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn",
"text": "It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy."
],
"id": "en-poor_box-en-noun-c3vGnUwH",
"links": [
[
"box",
"box"
],
[
"church",
"church"
],
[
"donation",
"donation"
],
[
"needy",
"needy"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "collection plate"
},
{
"word": "court poor box"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "poor's box"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "nəzir qutusu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caixeta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caixonet d'almoines"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "almozkesto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "almozkolektujo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boeta"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Almosenbüchse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Opferbüchse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cepillo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "bağış kutusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "sadaka kutusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "yardım kutusu"
}
]
}
],
"word": "poor box"
}
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "collection plate"
},
{
"word": "court poor box"
}
],
"senses": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn",
"text": "It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy."
],
"links": [
[
"box",
"box"
],
[
"church",
"church"
],
[
"donation",
"donation"
],
[
"needy",
"needy"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "poor's box"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "nəzir qutusu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caixeta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caixonet d'almoines"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "almozkesto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "almozkolektujo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boeta"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Almosenbüchse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Opferbüchse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cepillo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "bağış kutusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "sadaka kutusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "box for donations for the needy",
"word": "yardım kutusu"
}
],
"word": "poor box"
}
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