See toom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "der"
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{
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "is",
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"3": "",
"4": "empty"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic tómur (“empty”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"third-person"
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},
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{
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"To empty; teem."
],
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],
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"(rare or dialectal) To empty; teem."
],
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
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"t": "vacant time, leisure"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
"form": "tooms",
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{
"ref": "1978, Art and Artists:",
"text": "He had exhausted Bath, but his connections and introductions made the transition easy. There was toom for two in the capital.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Vacant time, leisure."
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}
],
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}
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