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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "లక్క"
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
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