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"ref": "1903, Jack London, chapter 5, in The People of the Abyss",
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"(figuratively) Lacking will power or strength of character; timid."
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"(literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malodušen",
"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
"word": "малодушен"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"word": "pusilánime"
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "lupog"
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "turingongengonge"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "turipū"
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"word": "weak in the knees"
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"(figuratively) Lacking will power or strength of character; timid."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malodušen",
"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
"word": "малодушен"
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "apoucado"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"word": "apoucada"
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"word": "coitado"
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"word": "coitada"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "figuratively: having weak knees",
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"word": "miñaxoia"
},
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "lupog"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "turingongengonge"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "literally: having weak knees",
"word": "turipū"
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