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"ref": "1937, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 5, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, published 1978, page 76",
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"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "鼻煙"
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"word": "tabac à priser"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "burnuti",
"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "ბურნუთი"
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"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "burnót"
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"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "tubák"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "tabacco da fiuto"
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"roman": "kagi-tabako",
"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "かぎタバコ"
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"roman": "sunaffu",
"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "スナッフ"
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"word": "бурмут"
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"word": "nátʼoh yildeełí nííʼiiʼnił"
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"sense": "fine-ground tobacco",
"word": "بورون اوتی"
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"word": "sinq'ay"
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"word": "ню́хательный таба́к"
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"word": "ბურნუთი"
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