See spake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(Wales, mining) A type of wagon on rails used for carrying workers in and out of a colliery."
],
"tags": [
"Wales"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/speɪk/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spake.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spake.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spake.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spake.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spake.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪk"
}
],
"word": "spake"
}
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