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"(archaic) Free of scot, free of tax."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌskɒtˈfɹi/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌskɑtˈfɹi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-scot-free.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-scot-free.ogg/En-us-scot-free.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-scot-free.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-scot-free.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/En-au-scot-free.ogg/En-au-scot-free.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-au-scot-free.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scotfree"
},
{
"word": "scott free"
},
{
"word": "scotchfree"
},
{
"word": "skot fre"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "shot-free"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "veroton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "dégrevé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "détaxé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "steuerfrei"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "bespošlinno",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "беспошлинно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
"word": "desgravado"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Language Log"
],
"word": "scot-free"
}
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