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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "de guant blanc"
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{
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "de coll blanc"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "白領"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "白领"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "witteboorden-"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "valkokaulus-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "col blanc"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saopise",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "საოფისე"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saḳancelario",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "საკანცელარიო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tetrsaq̇eloiani",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "თეთრსაყელოიანი"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "kerah putih"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "howaito karā",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "ホワイトカラー"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "hwaiteukalla",
"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "화이트칼라"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "канцела́риски"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
"word": "de/do colarinho branco"
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"roman": "kanceljárskij",
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"word": "о́фисный"
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"alt": "«čístyj»",
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"word": "«чи́стый»"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to office work and workers",
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