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He’ll be out of the picture at the end of the year and Joe will be the baby-est of them all.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1960 August 4, Herb Smith, “Recreation In Cedar Grove”, in Verona-Cedar Grove Times, volume XII, number 31, Verona, N.J., page 26, column 2:", "text": "The victorious individuals were as follows: Doll Contest—[…]“baby-est,” 1st, Mary Grew, 2nd, Susan Shamlian;", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2007 August 2, Liz Nicholls, “Gala to mark Teatro’s entry into the quarter-century club”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., page D3, column 1:", "text": "One of them, Allure Potemkin (and don’t you wish that was your name?), hikes up her slip and does a riotous dance number called Baby Legs. Leona Brausen, whose own dimpled gams — “baby-er than ever” as she says — inspired the role, is back onstage Saturday to dance the dance for the last time.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["Like or pertaining to a baby, in size or youth; small, young."], "links": [["baby", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(in the comparative or superlative) Like or pertaining to a baby, in size or youth; small, young."], "raw_tags": ["in the comparative or superlative"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "bā'bē", "tags": ["General-American", "Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈbeɪbi/", "tags": ["General-American", "Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"audio": "En-uk-baby.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-uk-baby.ogg/En-uk-baby.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-uk-baby.ogg"}, {"audio": "en-us-baby.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/En-us-baby.ogg/En-us-baby.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-baby.ogg"}, {"audio": "En-a baby.oga", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/En-a_baby.oga/En-a_baby.oga.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/En-a_baby.oga"}, {"rhymes": "-eɪbi"}], "word": "baby"}
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