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"text": "[O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.",
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},
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"ref": "1993 November 9, “RAF chief attacks Treasury over cuts”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2013-11-22",
"text": "The three chiefs of staff are described by sources as ‘spitting nails’ over the latest proposals to cut the defence budget even further.",
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},
{
"ref": "2009 December 14, David M. Herszenhorn, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Lieberman Gets Ex-Party to Shift on Health Plan”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-11-22",
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"(idiomatic) To speak or sputter in a very angry manner."
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"word": "spit blood"
},
{
"word": "spit chips"
},
{
"word": "spit feathers"
},
{
"word": "spit tacks"
},
{
"word": "spit venom"
}
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "räyhätä"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "rähistä"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "rähjätä"
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"word": "wściekać się"
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"word": "wściec się"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "echar venablos"
}
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"ref": "1965 September 6, Ann Landers, “Exception is Acknowledged”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 2013-11-22, page 17",
"text": "[O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.",
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},
{
"ref": "1993 November 9, “RAF chief attacks Treasury over cuts”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2013-11-22",
"text": "The three chiefs of staff are described by sources as ‘spitting nails’ over the latest proposals to cut the defence budget even further.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009 December 14, David M. Herszenhorn, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Lieberman Gets Ex-Party to Shift on Health Plan”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-11-22",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "rähistä"
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"word": "rähjätä"
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"sense": "Translations",
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"word": "wściekać się"
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"word": "wściec się"
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"word": "echar venablos"
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