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"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
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"word": "niño de la calle"
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"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"word": "batang kalye"
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"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"word": "sokak çocuğu"
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"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
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"word": "ragazzo di strada"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niño de la calle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niño callejero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gamín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "street child",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gatubarn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "street urchin",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rännstensunge"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"word": "batang kalye"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"word": "sokak çocuğu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "göbel"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "gasnyung",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גאַסןיונג"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "grober-yung",
"sense": "child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גראָבער-יונג"
}
],
"word": "street urchin"
}
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