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"word": "on tenterhooks"
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"One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spannhaken"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter",
"word": "feszítőhorog"
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"sense": "one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter",
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"sense": "one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter",
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"sense": "one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter",
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