"frau" meaning in German

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          "ref": "1998, Matthias Matussek, Die vaterlose Gesellschaft: überfällige Anmerkungen zum Geschlechterkampf, page 47",
          "text": "Sie ist selbst dann noch beschissen, wenn frau sie beendet hat.",
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          "ref": "2003, Ulrike Schlicht, Selbsterweiterungsprozesse alleinlebender Frauen, page 218",
          "text": "Wenn frau sich kennt, braucht sie nicht vor sich wegzulaufen.",
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          "text": "[…] ich ziehe es heraus und halte es in die Höhe … Mein Gott, es ist ein Still-BH. Meine Augen kleben förmlich daran. Ein Büstenhalter, den frau vorne aufmachen kann …\n[…] I pull it out and hold it into the height … Dear God, it is a nursing bra. My eyes were like they cleft to it. A brassière the woman can open in the front …",
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          "ref": "2008, Gaye Suse Kromer, Obszöne Lust oder etablierte Unterhaltung?, page 163",
          "text": "Erst mal sechs Jahre alleine und frau muss auch zusehen, dass sie sich gerne hat. Das liebe ich, mit mir selbst zu sein und mich zu mögen und mich zu streicheln.",
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