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"Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute."
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"(colloquial) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute."
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"ref": "1881 August 27, “In Church”, in Supplement to the Manchester Weekly Times, Manchester, England, page 8",
"text": "And the sloping of the shoulder / From the slender shapely neck / Makes you long to come behind her and to hold her / Just a sec.",
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"Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”)."
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"(colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”)."
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"Clipping of secretary."
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"(colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary."
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"Clipping of secretary."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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