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"word": "wardrobe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "urination station"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "bog"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "carsey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "crapper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "karzy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "lats"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "lav"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "lavvy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "loo"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"in Australia"
],
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"also"
],
"word": "thunderbox"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "can"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "john"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "johnny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "bogger"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "brasco"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"in New Zealand"
],
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"also"
],
"word": "dike"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"in New Zealand"
],
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"tags": [
"also"
],
"word": "dunny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "jacks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bathroom",
"word": "jakes"
}
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English"
],
"glosses": [
"A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room."
],
"links": [
[
"room",
"room"
],
[
"workplace",
"workplace"
],
[
"tea break",
"tea break"
],
[
"lunch break",
"lunch break"
],
[
"snack",
"snack"
],
[
"break room",
"break room"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia) A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room."
],
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtiˌɹum/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-au-tearoom.ogg/En-au-tearoom.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-tearoom.ogg"
}
],
"word": "tearoom"
}
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