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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"word": "fejbólintó János"
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
"word": "evet efendimci"
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"note": "אָמן־זאָגער m (omen-zoger, literally “amen-sayer”)",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior"
},
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"roman": "acheomgun",
"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "puxa-saco"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"word": "сикофа́нт"
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"word": "подхали́м"
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"word": "лизоблю́д"
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
"word": "sacristán de amén"
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
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"word": "nickedocka"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior",
"word": "evet efendimci"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"note": "אָמן־זאָגער m (omen-zoger, literally “amen-sayer”)",
"sense": "a person who always agrees with his employer or superior"
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