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[
"wrestling",
"wrestling#Noun"
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"sleeper hold"
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"(martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold."
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war",
"wrestling"
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},
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"ref": "1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game, page 160",
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}
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"achieve",
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"unexpected",
"unexpected"
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[
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]
],
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"word": "sleeper hit"
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)"
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"Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish."
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"goby"
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{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)"
],
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"A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae)."
],
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[
"nurse shark",
"nurse shark"
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]
},
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"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.",
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"A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet."
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]
},
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{
"word": "cop magnet"
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{
"word": "rice burner"
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{
"word": "racecar"
}
],
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"English slang",
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"An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police."
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[
"automotive",
"automotive"
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],
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"(automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police."
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"slang"
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"automotive",
"transport",
"vehicles"
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"ref": "1995, “Insomnia”, in Reverence, performed by Faithless",
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}
],
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"A sedative."
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],
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"(slang) A sedative."
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"slang"
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"bet",
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"slang"
],
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"gambling",
"games"
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},
{
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"en:Science fiction"
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"A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep."
],
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[
"science fiction",
"science fiction"
],
[
"cryosleep",
"cryosleep"
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],
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"(science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep."
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"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"science-fiction"
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{
"sense": "goby-like fish",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spjašt čovek",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спящ човек"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "dormilega"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "dormanto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "nukkuja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dormeur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "alvó"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "janeun saram",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "자는 사람"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "śpiący"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dorminhoco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dorminhoca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sónja",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
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"colloquial",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "со́ня"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dormilón"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"word": "uykucu"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
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{
"code": "wa",
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{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "someone who sleeps",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which lies dormant, as a law",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"word": "nukkuva agentti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schläfer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spjáščij agént",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спя́щий аге́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krot",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diversánt",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диверса́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sabotážnik",
"sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сабота́жник"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "starter earring",
"word": "harjoituskorvarengas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "starter earring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fáinne cluaise simplí"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae",
"word": "rohmutokko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body",
"word": "unihaalari"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strampelanzug"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body",
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}
],
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}
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"ref": "1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 81",
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[
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"ref": "1901, George Gipps, The Fighting in North China (up to the Fall of Tientsin City), Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, →OL, page 40",
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"carpentry",
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"transport"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "traversa",
"sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "траверса"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lagerholz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Futterholz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Unterlageholz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lagerholz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
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"masculine"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Fußschwelle"
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{
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"neuter"
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"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fusspfette"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure",
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"feminine"
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