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"name": "der"
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"etymology_text": "From Aramaic דווקא (dawqā, “exactness”), through Yiddish דווקא (dafke).",
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"(colloquial) unexpectedly"
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"just to spite"
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"(colloquial) just to spite"
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"specifically, precisely"
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"(colloquial) specifically, precisely"
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"english": "“I actually love sagging breasts.”",
"ref": "1996, לימור נחמיאס (Limor Nachmias), “צְבוֹטוֹתִי” (ts'vototi, “Tweedle'dee”), Keter Publishing House Ltd. (2002), page 110",
"roman": "“aní dávka ohév khazé shenofél.”",
"text": "אני דווקא אוהב חזה שנופל.",
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"(colloquial) unexpectedly"
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