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"sense": "person wearing the tassel",
"word": "tupsulakki"
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"ref": "a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:",
"text": "His tufted cottage rising through the snow",
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"To form into tufts."
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"(transitive) To form into tufts."
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"ref": "2017 December 2, “The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!” (0:13 from the start), in DuckTales, season 1, episode 3:",
"text": "They're never gonna get that Ottoman tufted in time!",
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"To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
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"(transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
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"To be formed into tufts."
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"(intransitive) To be formed into tufts."
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"code": "fi",
"english": "decorate",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "nukittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "strengthen",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "tuftata"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "infiocchettare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "ornare di ciuffi"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "impennacchiare"
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"sense": "form into tufts",
"word": "bundelen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form into tufts",
"word": "nukittaa"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form into tufts",
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"sense": "secure with tufts",
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"sense": "secure with tufts",
"word": "trapuntare"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be formed into tufts",
"word": "takkuuntua"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be formed into tufts",
"word": "a forma di ciuffo"
}
],
"word": "tuft"
}
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