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"word": "obdartus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person with tattered clothing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oberwaniec"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person with tattered clothing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obszarpaniec"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person with tattered clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trashank"
}
],
"word": "tatterdemalion"
}
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