See מעשׂה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemekh Atlas], page 16:",
"roman": "tsemekhs bal-akhsanye hot mayse alter bakanter im arayngeshushket in oyer...",
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