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"ref": "1900, Grant Allen, chapter 1, in Linnet",
"text": "As for Will Deverill, less critical of Nature’s handicraft, he found the inns over-civilised; the Post and the Bräu were too fine for his taste: they had come thus far in search of solitude and Alpine wilds, and they lighted instead on a sort of miniature Grindelwald, with half-a-dozen inns, a respectable café, experienced (or in other words extortionate) guides, and a regular tourist-trap for the sale of chamois-horns and carved models of châlets.",
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"ref": "1911, Charles Neville Buck, chapter XX, in The Lighted Match",
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"An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value."
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"(derogatory) An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value."
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"word": "toeristenval"
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistipyydys"
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistirysä"
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"word": "piège à touristes"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Touristenfalle"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistacsapda"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"word": "sklep z kiczem dla turystów"
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"(derogatory) An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value."
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"word": "toeristenval"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistipyydys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistirysä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "attrape-touriste"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "piège à touristes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Touristenfalle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"word": "turistacsapda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sklep z kiczem dla turystów"
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"sense": "establishment encouraging tourists to spend money",
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"word": "turistfälla"
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