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"word": "braça"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "土瓦兹"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toise"
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"word": "klafto"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toise"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "braza"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "tesa"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "トワーズ"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toise"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toesa"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "braça"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "туаз"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toesa"
},
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"word": "braza"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "toise"
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"sense": "former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom",
"word": "kulaç"
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