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"roman": "tlaskač",
"sense": "that which pushes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тласкач"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "othitís",
"sense": "that which pushes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ωθητής"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "narkodilǎr",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наркодилър"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pusher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "camelo"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vaporáki",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βαποράκι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spacciatore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spacciatrice"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "camello"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knarklangare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "langare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "drug dealer",
"word": "tulak"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pusher"
],
"word": "pusher"
}
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