See pretzel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "get one's panties in a pretzel"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"roman": "beurechel",
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"word": "브레첼"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"word": "چوب شور"
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"word": "پِرِتْزِل"
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"word": "Kjrinjel"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"roman": "brécelʹ",
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"word": "פּרעצל"
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"ref": "1901, Alice Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch/Chapter 6, Chapter 6:",
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"sense": "anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled",
"word": "solmu"
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{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled",
"word": "hässäkkä"
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"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kréndelʹ",
"sense": "anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "кре́ндель"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "ბრეცელი"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "בֵּיְגָּלֶה"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "preṭzal",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "प्रेट्ज़ल"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "kringla"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"lang_code": "izh",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "krinkeli"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "purettseru",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "プレッツェル"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "beurechel",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "브레첼"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "peurechel",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "la",
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "lv",
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"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "perek",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"tags": [
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"word": "перек"
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{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "čub šur",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "چوب شور"
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"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "peretzel",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
"word": "پِرِتْزِل"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "precel"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kréndelʹ",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "кре́ндель"
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"roman": "krendeljók",
"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "кренделёк"
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "prẹ̑sta"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "kringla"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"word": "saltkringla"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled",
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"code": "fi",
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