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"word": "haaskaaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "tuhlari"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"word": "gaspilleur"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one that wastes",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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],
"word": "Verschwender"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "one that wastes",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "pazarló"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rásipnik",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ра́сипник"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "kaihau"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "wastour"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "risipitoare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malgastador"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imperfection in the wick",
"word": "vahaa sulattava karren pala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "destroyer in Proverbs",
"word": "tuhontekijä"
}
],
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