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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tʰu̟ːz]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tuz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tʰu̟z]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twos.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twos.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twos.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "to͞oz",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "twos"
}
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