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"word": "beggars' velvet"
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"word": "black velvet"
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"word": "cotton velvet"
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"word": "crushed velvet"
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"word": "poor man's black velvet"
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"word": "purple velvet plant"
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"word": "red velvet"
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"word": "red-velvet cake"
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"word": "red velvet cake"
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"word": "red velvet mite"
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"word": "slashed velvet"
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"word": "stand on velvet"
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"word": "tip someone's velvet"
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"word": "Utrecht velvet"
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"word": "velvet ant"
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"word": "velvet antler"
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"word": "velvet ash"
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"word": "velvet bean"
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"word": "velvet cichlid"
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"word": "velvet cork"
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"word": "velvet crab"
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"word": "velvet divorce"
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"word": "velvet duck"
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"word": "velveteen"
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"word": "velvet flower"
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"word": "velvet glove"
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"word": "velvet handcuffs"
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"word": "velvet hippo"
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"word": "velvet paper"
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"word": "velvet pile"
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"word": "Velvet Revolution"
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"word": "velvet scoter"
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"word": "velvet shank"
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"word": "velvet spider"
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"word": "velvet tamarind"
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"word": "velvet water bug"
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"word": "velvet work"
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"word": "velvet worm"
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"word": "məxmər"
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"roman": "aksamít",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "মখমল"
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kattipa",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ကတ္တီပါ"
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"code": "ca",
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "絲絨"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
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"roman": "si¹ jung⁴",
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"word": "絲絨"
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "fluweel"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "veluro"
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{
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "samet"
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "sametti"
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "velours"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veludo"
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xaverdi",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ხავერდი"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Samt"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "veloúdo",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "βελούδο"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "k'tifá",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "קְטִיפָה"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maxmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "मख़मल"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "bársony"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "flauel"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "beludru"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veilbhit"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velluto"
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "berubetto",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ベルベット"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "birōdo",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ビロード"
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "барқыт"
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"roman": "maqpal",
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"word": "мақпал"
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"roman": "qatipa",
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"tags": [
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"word": "қатипа"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kammñəy",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "កម្ញី"
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "belbet",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "벨벳"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "udan",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "우단"
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{
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"code": "kum",
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"roman": "maxmar",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "махмар"
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{
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "barkıt",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "баркыт"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "makmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "макмал"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kam ma nyī",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ກຳມະຫຍີ່"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "samts"
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "Samett"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "somot",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "kadife",
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"tags": [
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"word": "кадифе"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "baldu"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "beledu"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "mt",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "bellus"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "wereweti"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xilen",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "хилэн"
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{
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"sense": "fabric",
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"word": "v'lous"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "fløyel"
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"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kadife",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "قطیفه"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "baxmál",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بخمل"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "maxmál",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "مخمل"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "maxmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "مخمل"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "aksamit"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veludo"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "makhmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਮਖਮਲ"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "catifea"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bárxat",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ба́рхат"
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"roman": "velʹvét",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "вельве́т"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "aksamít",
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"word": "аксами́т"
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"english": "velour",
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"roman": "veljúr",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "велю́р"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meileabhaid"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба̀ршӯн"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bàršūn"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "zamat"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "žamet"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 9 1 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terciopelo"
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"ref": "1995, Amin Saikal, William Maley, Russia in Search of Its Future, page 214",
"text": "What at the time of the initial agreement of Yeltsin, Shushkevich and Kravchuk to join together in a new 'Commonwealth of Independent States' had seemed like a reconstitution of the lands of ancient Rus, quickly turned out to be, in the words of the leading Russian-Ukrainian reformer Aleksandr Tsipko, merely a 'velvet disintegration'.",
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"ref": "2011, David Gillies, Elections in Dangerous Places: Democracy and the Paradoxes of Peacebuilding, page 248",
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"ref": "2011, Javad Etaat quoted in Hooman Majd, The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge, page 39",
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"ref": "2014, Dana H. Allin, NATO's Balkan Interventions, page 97",
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