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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "weaving pattern",
"tags": [
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"code": "sco",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "sarga"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "type of cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "sarja"
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"sense": "type of cloth",
"word": "toimikaskangas"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "type of cloth",
"word": "tvilli"
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"sense": "type of cloth",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "corrán"
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"sense": "type of cloth",
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}
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],
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"ipa": "/twɪl/"
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"ipa": "[twɪɫ]"
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"word": "tweel"
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