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"ref": "2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28",
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"roman": "sinekurna dlǎžnost",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "乾俸"
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"roman": "gānfèng",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "干俸"
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"roman": "xiánzhí",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
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"word": "trafika"
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"code": "da",
"english": "political appointment",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"word": "ben"
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinekuro"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinekuur"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "laiskanvirka"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "suojatyöpaikka"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinécure"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sinekure"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
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"word": "Versorgungsposten"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "argomisthía",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "αργομισθία"
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"alt": "かんしょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanshoku",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "閑職"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "synekura"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sinekúra",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "синеку́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjóplenʹkoje mestéčko",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тёпленькое месте́чко"
},
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ru",
"english": "feeding trough",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormúška",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "корму́шка"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sinekura"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"word": "uhljebljenje"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "canonjía"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "prebenda"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
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"word": "bicoca"
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "segurswydd"
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"(historical) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls."
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"ref": "2006, Desmond Keenan, Post-Famine Ireland: Social Structure: Ireland as It Really Was, page 184",
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"ref": "2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28",
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"An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls."
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"(historical) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "乾俸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gānfèng",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "干俸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "閒職"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiánzhí",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "闲职"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "trafika"
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{
"code": "da",
"english": "political appointment",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinekuur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "laiskanvirka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "suojatyöpaikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinécure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "planque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sinekure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Versorgungsposten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "argomisthía",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αργομισθία"
},
{
"alt": "かんしょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanshoku",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "閑職"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinekyre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "synekura"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sinecura"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sinecură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "синеку́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тёпленькое месте́чко"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "feeding trough",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormúška",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "корму́шка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sinekura"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"neuter",
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"word": "uhljebljenje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "sinecura"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"word": "prebenda"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicoca"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sinekur"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a position that requires no work but still gives a payment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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}
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"ref": "2006, Desmond Keenan, Post-Famine Ireland: Social Structure: Ireland as It Really Was, page 184",
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