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"word": "baby snatching"
},
{
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"word": "cap snatching"
},
{
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"word": "chain-snatch"
},
{
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"word": "cradle-snatch"
},
{
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"word": "have one's wig snatched"
},
{
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"word": "purse snatcher"
},
{
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"word": "snatch and grab"
},
{
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"word": "snatch and run"
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"word": "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory"
},
{
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"word": "snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory"
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{
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"word": "snatcher"
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"word": "snatch someone's edges"
},
{
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"word": "snatch the pebble"
},
{
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"word": "snatch victory from the jaws of defeat"
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"word": "upsnatch"
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},
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "*snæċċan"
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"2": "snakken",
"t": "to sob, pant, long for"
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{
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"2": "snacken",
"t": "to chatter"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "schnacken",
"t": "to chat"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "no",
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"expansion": "Norwegian snakke (“to chat”)",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English snacchen, snecchen, from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkijan, from Proto-Germanic *snakkijaną, *snakkōną (“to nibble, snort, chatter”); see *snūtaz (“snout”).\nCognate with Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.",
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"third-person"
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"participle",
"present"
]
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{
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"past"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He snatched up the phone.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To grasp and remove quickly."
],
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[
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly."
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"transitive"
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "grabvam",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "грабвам"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "snuppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "grissen"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "ekkapti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "napata"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "siepata"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "empoigner"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "happer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "saisir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "ripar"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "rispar"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arpázo",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "αρπάζω"
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{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "harpázō",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "ἁρπάζω"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chīnnā",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "छीनना"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "kap"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "felkap"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "megragad"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "sciob"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "agguantare"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "rabata"
},
{
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "rebatá"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "rapiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "corripiō (-iō 3rd conjugation)"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "kapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "emponhar"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "sasir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "agantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "aganchar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "atrapar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gereftan",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "گرفتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "agarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvatátʹ",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хвата́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxvatítʹ",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схвати́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 8 0 2 26",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "agarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztrǎgvam",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "изтръгвам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "arrabassar"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "搶走"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiǎngzǒu",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "抢走"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "搶"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiǎng",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "抢"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "搶奪"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiǎngduó",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "抢夺"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "奪"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duó",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "夺"
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"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "napata"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "siepata"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "arracher"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "enlever (brusquement)"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arpázo",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "αρπάζω"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "kikap"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "sciob"
},
{
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"alt": "うばう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ubau",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "奪う"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "tatango"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "kōwhaki"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "arrapar"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "arrancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 12 8 0 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyxvátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выхва́тывать"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výxvatitʹ",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вы́хватить"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to grasp and remove",
"word": "arrebatar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"english": "look, view",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "vilkaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"english": "bite to eat",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "haukata"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "siemaista"
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{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"english": "sthg to drink",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "kulauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "kopata"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "an object",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "napata"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arpázo",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "αρπάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"topics": [
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "bevág"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 2 5 0 0 37",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do quickly",
"word": "bedob"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to snatch at a rope",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attempt to seize something suddenly."
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"(intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly."
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to snatch a kiss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays\nwhen half our knowledge we must snatch, not take"
}
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"glosses": [
"To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony."
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"(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony."
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Someone has just snatched my purse!",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"To steal."
],
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"links": [
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"steal",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To steal."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "steal"
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"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkradvam",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "открадвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "arrabassar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duózǒu",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "夺走"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōuzǒu",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "偷走"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "afpakken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "wegpikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "graaien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "weggraaien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "näpistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "napata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "siepata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "s’emparer de"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "voler"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "piquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "arracher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal",
"word": "klauen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 419",
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"ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 419",
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{
"ref": "2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian",
"text": "You might now reason that even a 12-minute walk to the store to buy a can of beans is too great an expenditure of time, and that the fee paid for one-hour delivery is a fair price to snatch those minutes back into your life.",
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"ref": "2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35",
"text": "In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: \"For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding.\"",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to grasp quickly",
"word": "грабвам"
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"sense": "to grasp quickly",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to grab something without permissions or by force",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to grab something without permissions or by force",
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"ref": "1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall, Grove Press, page 83",
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"ref": "1985, Jackie Collins, Lucky, Simon and Schuster, page 150",
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"ref": "2004 July 11, Bayard Russell, nonemorecomic",
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"ref": "2008, Jim Craig, North to Disaster, Bushak Press, page 178",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arraché"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Reißen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"word": "szakítás"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"word": "hikitahi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"word": "arrancada"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rwanie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ryvók",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"word": "рыво́к"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arrancada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arranque"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "competitive weightlifting event",
"word": "koparma"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎs",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "откъс"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"word": "katkelma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bribe"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "binsín ceoil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bonnán ceoil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bonnán d'amhrán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuach cheoil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuaichín cheoil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of song",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spallaíocht cheoil"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"word": "pītau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"word": "pītautau"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "piece of sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snutt"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "putka",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "путка"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buceta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "murra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fitta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mutta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vagina",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kussimurra"
}
],
"word": "snatch"
}
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