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{
"word": "gentleman's gentleman"
}
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"word": "კამერდინერი"
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"roman": "ypirétis",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "υπηρέτης"
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"roman": "nossei qeilimm",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "נושא־כלים"
},
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"word": "נער"
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"word": "inas"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pedisequus"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "líčen slúga",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ли́чен слу́га"
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"word": "اوشاق"
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"word": "lacheu"
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"roman": "kamerdíner",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "камерди́нер"
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"roman": "slugá",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"word": "слуга́"
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"roman": "denščík",
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"topics": [
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"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "ордина́рец"
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
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"word": "gille-coise"
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"masculine"
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"word": "edecán"
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
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"word": "kammartjänare"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"word": "uşak"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kamer-diner",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קאַמער־דינער"
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"word": "assistent"
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"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"word": "hotellipalvelija"
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"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
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"word": "valet"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭumros mosamsaxure",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"word": "სასტუმროს მოსამსახურე"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
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"roman": "kamariéris",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
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"word": "καμαριέρης"
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"roman": "sóbar",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "со́бар"
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"roman": "gostíničnyj rabótnik",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гости́ничный рабо́тник"
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"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
"word": "خادمَة"
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"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
"word": "valet"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
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"A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him."
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"roman": "pridružitelka",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"word": "gezelschapsdame"
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"word": "duègne"
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"word": "Gesellschaftsdame"
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"tags": [
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"word": "Escort"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "synodós",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
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"word": "συνοδός"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "na'arat leevuy",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נערת ליווי"
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"word": "pedisequa"
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"roman": "pridrúžnička",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "придру́жничка"
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
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"word": "însoțitoare"
},
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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],
"word": "дуэ́нья"
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"A person employed to clean or park cars."
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "aparcacoches"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "lakia",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"word": "ლაქია"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mosamsaxure",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"word": "მოსამსახურე"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Kammerdiener"
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "mk",
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"code": "ota",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"war",
"government",
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],
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "edecán"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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],
"word": "kammartjänare"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kamer-diner",
"sense": "a man's personal male attendant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "קאַמער־דינער"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
"word": "خادمَة"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
"word": "valet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a female performer in professional wrestling",
"word": "mánager"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pridružitelka",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gesellschaftsdame"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Escort"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Begleiterin"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "na'arat leevuy",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "la",
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"feminine"
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"code": "mk",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ro",
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],
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a female chaperone who accompanies a man",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"word": "hotellipalvelija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭumros mosamsaxure",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"word": "სასტუმროს მოსამსახურე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hoteldiener"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kamariéris",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καμαριέρης"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sóbar",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "со́бар"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gostíničnyj rabótnik",
"sense": "a hotel employee performing such duties for guests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гости́ничный рабо́тник"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voiturier"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aparcacoches"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Parkplatzwächter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Parkplatzwächterin"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parkadóros",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παρκαδόρος"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a person employed to clean or park cars",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"feminine",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "mk",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing",
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"feminine"
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"ref": "2012 May 30, Jay Weston, “One of the Most Eligible Bachelors in L.A. Has 55 Ferraris.. and Takes Me for a Drive in One!”, in The Huffington Post",
"text": "I asked Giacomo if he ever valeted his car, and he twisted his face into a grimace as he replied, “Rarely, but I have done it. Nervous time.”",
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"ref": "2017 February 11, Rosalie R. Radomsky, “Emma Ludbrook and Tom Windish: Their First Date Was a Big Production”, in The New York Times",
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