See pushdown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pushdown.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-pushdown.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-pushdown.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"word": "pushdown"
}
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