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{ "etymology_text": "Humorous construction that alludes to both the larger height of a bishop compared to a pawn, and the worthlessness of such a bishop blocked by its own pawns.", "forms": [ { "form": "tall pawns", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "tall pawn (plural tall pawns)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Chess" ], "glosses": [ "A bad bishop." ], "links": [ [ "chess", "chess" ], [ "bad bishop", "bad bishop" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(chess) A bad bishop." ], "topics": [ "board-games", "chess", "games" ] } ], "word": "tall pawn" }
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