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"etymology_text": "Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik.",
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"A type of friction hitch."
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"(climbing, chiefly attributive) A type of friction hitch."
],
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"code": "cs",
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"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "friction hitch",
"word": "Prusíkův uzel"
},
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"sense": "friction hitch",
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"masculine"
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},
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"sense": "friction hitch",
"word": "Prusikin solmu"
},
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "friction hitch",
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"masculine"
],
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}
]
}
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"UK"
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],
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],
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"sports"
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"lang_code": "cs",
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"word": "Prusíkův uzel"
},
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"word": "prusik"
},
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"masculine"
],
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},
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