"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe",
"Noun",
"a bobble that cost them the game",
"The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Looking through all the frames, Njoku doesn\u2019t bobble the catch at all. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Jan. 2021",
"Turbulence is nothing more than wonky wind currents that cause planes to bobble a bit, not at all unlike driving on a bumpy road or sailing on a choppy sea. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 23 Sep. 2020",
"Edelman bobbled the ball for a split second but clearly reached out and got both hands under the ball before landing on the turf. \u2014 Sportsday Staff, Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"Rengifo bobbled the grounder but recovered to throw to first to complete the 11th no-hitter in club history and first combined no-hitter since Mark Langston and Mike Witt against Seattle on April 11, 1990. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com , 12 July 2019",
"Don\u2019t let your head bobble or your chin tuck toward your chest, which can create tension in the neck and shoulders, says Atkins. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Your arms were like strings and your head bobbled on your neck. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Then, backup Philip Nelson, Jones\u2019 replacement, turned the ball over on a play that was ruled a fumble when a backward pass was bobbled and landed in the hands of Houston linebacker DeMarquis Gates. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2020",
"The Eagles nearly scored on fourth down, but a pass from sophomore quarterback Cameron Knickerbocker to junior Tony Valdez was bobbled in the end zone and ultimately dropped, causing a turnover on downs. \u2014 Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Despite that bobble , Maxwell\u2019s intent with this delicate phraseology is clear: Post-conviction, Ghislaine Maxwell is now in the process of presenting herself as yet another victim of Jeffrey Epstein. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"On a 4 on 4, Gustafson gets a breakaway after taking a bobble from James Stefan, who has to take him down. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Despite a bobble at the start of his semifinal run, Radamus finished ahead of his German competitor, Linas Strasser, to get the United States\u2019 only point. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Chen landed four more effortless quads, his only slight bobble coming on a late combination sequence. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Kagiyama, 18, and Uno, 24, both had a high degree of difficulty in their routines, but each made mistakes on his jumps, and against a skater at the peak of his talents like Chen, any bobble was one too many. \u2014 Juliet Macur, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Under pressure, Jackson sidearmed a ball to running back Justice Hill, whose bobble gave inside linebacker L.J. Fort enough time to make a play for the ball. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Bader's bobble allowed Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain to accomplish the rare feat of scoring from second base on a sacrifice fly in the Brewers' 4-1 victory. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 13 May 2021",
"The Bruins squandered the advantage, and McAvoy tripped Yegor Sharangovich after a bobble at the line with 14 seconds left in the man-up. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Mar. 2021"
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": a doll having a head that makes repeated bobbing movements when touched or moved":[
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"\u2014 Lauren Collins , New Yorker , 22 June 2009",
"There are lobster T-shirts and lobster bobblehead dolls and inflatable lobster pool toys and clamp-on lobster hats with big scarlet claws that wobble on springs.",
"\u2014 David Foster Wallace , Gourmet , August 2004",
"During five home games this season the team gave away bobblehead dolls of its 2005\u201306 starters. \u2026",
"\u2014 Michael Farber , Sports Illustrated , 21 Feb. 2011"
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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": police officer":[]
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"a bobby on his beat",
"asked a passing London bobby for directions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The piece also came enclosed in a silk zippered case alongside two bobby pins and two elastic bands. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This concept is also exemplified by the Nia Bobby Pin chains, which find single bobby pins accented with long crystal chains. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Forego traditional bobby pins and add one of these faux succulent hair accessories to your collection. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Secure one sock at the top of your head with a claw clip or bobby pins. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 25 May 2021",
"Sometimes bobby pins don't cut it to upgrade your day-two hair. \u2014 Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2020",
"To pick the lock, use your bobby -pin pick to push up the pins, one at a time, until the cylinder is free to turn. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Nov. 2020",
"These colorful acrylic bobby pins can be added to so many styles. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2020",
"What about like a bobby -pin situation on men\u2019s hair"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among other deals, shooting guard Johnny Juzang had his own bobblehead doll , receiver Kam Brown scored a deal with Mercedes-Benz and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson recently announced a deal with Crocs as part of his growing portfolio. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Yes, guests will receive a bobblehead doll featuring the couple holding hands. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
"How many allow themselves to be caricatured on a bobblehead doll holding a fistful of dollars",
"How many allow themselves to be caricatured on a bobblehead doll holding a fistful of dollars",
"How many allow themselves to be caricatured on a bobblehead doll holding a fistful of dollars",
"How many allow themselves to be caricatured on a bobblehead doll holding a fistful of dollars",
"How many allow themselves to be caricatured on a bobblehead doll holding a fistful of dollars",
"Fans at Dodger Stadium had been scheduled to get their first bobblehead doll of Bauer on Aug. 19. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 8 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"He drove a bobsled in the winter Olympics.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In theory, the experiment would work equally well with bobsleds . \u2014 Randall Munroe, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"The bobsleds at the Pyeongchang Games echo a similar design, with familiar lines, blades, height and weight making each sled seemingly indistinguishable from the other, at least to the untrained eye. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2018",
"For Winter Games rookies, the differences between the sledding events \u2013 luge, bobsled (or bobsleigh) and skeleton \u2013 can get blurry, just like a luger shooting past at 90 miles an hour. \u2014 Flora Carr, Time , 16 Feb. 2018",
"In fact, temperatures might even drop below optimum conditions for some sports: For bobsled , Seitz says, in temperatures well below 23 degrees Farenheit, the ice is extra brittle. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 1 Feb. 2018",
"Many women who compete in bobsled say their biggest barrier is a lack of funding for training and competing at international levels. \u2014 Talya Minsberg, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2018",
"Even in bobsled , the relationship between driver and brakeman doesn\u2019t require the same amount of synchronization between partners through every curve. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2018",
"Elana Meyers Taylor, now a three-time medalist in bobsled , has held down a job between training stints. \u2014 Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"The Swedish bid, for instance, planned to hold the bobsled , luge and skeleton events across the Baltic Sea in Sigulda, Latvia, where a refrigerated track already exists. \u2014 Jer\u00e9 Longman, New York Times , 24 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In May 2020, Skipper set out with this idea: trade a bobby pin for a house. \u2014 Keith Sharon, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"All of that involved disposable income, free time, and dedication that\u2019s more than just a single bobby pin . \u2014 Alejandra Gularte, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Skipper began her journey on TikTok in 2020 with a bobby pin and wanted to trade her way up to a home. \u2014 Alejandra Gularte, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Those with shorter hair might find that the hair at the back has come loose, so take a bobby pin or a larger clip, twist, and secure. \u2014 Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com , 6 May 2021",
"Which side of the bobby pin faces the scalp and which faces up? \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Use a bobby pin or pin curl clip to secure the hair in the roller if needed. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 19 Jan. 2021",
"The first bobby pin is essentially going to be a replacement for the original key. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Then unbend and flatten the second bobby pin to make one long, straight lock pick. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Nov. 2020"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the winter, visitors can enjoy ski jumping, skiing, bobsledding , and luging, and come summer, the destination's waterways and hiking trails offer ample opportunities for open-air activities and water sports. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, the vast Adirondack Park has everything an outdoor adventurer could want, from hiking and climbing to skiing and bobsledding . \u2014 Devorah Lev-tov, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Humphries hails from Canada and spent the first 16 years of her career helping to build the country into a bobsledding powerhouse, earning two Olympic golds and a bronze along the way. \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, SELF , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The event disparity, owing in part to a belief that bobsledding was too heavy and dangerous for women, resulted not just in more medals for men but in more men participating over all. \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Since then, the Jamaican bobsledding team has competed in six Winter Games. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022",
"This concept originated as satire and includes an edited image of a previous Olympic bobsledding team. \u2014 Emiliano Tahui G\u00f3mez, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"American bobsledding star Elana Meyers Taylor initially had only a single weight plate to use in her quarantine, although she was later provided more extensive equipment, including an exercise bike. \u2014 Les Carpenter, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The bobsledding schedule may work in her favor, though: The monobob competition begins on February 13, and the two-woman bobsled is one of the last events of the games, beginning on February 18, NBC Sports reports. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Ressner , Time , 5 Feb. 2001",
"The restaurant, which served boba , smoothies, frozen yogurt, desserts and vegan-friendly food, closed in late September \u2026",
"\u2014 Gary T. Mills, Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida) , 20 Oct. 2011"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Craig is sure enough a bird dog man, and has hunted everything from grouse in Utah to ducks in Arkansas to wild bobwhite quail here in Georgia. \u2014 Durrell Smith, Outdoor Life , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The current efforts not only will result in the return of the bobwhite , but also will aid songbirds and pollinators. \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 27 Dec. 2020",
"But eventually Ruger flushed a poor-flying bobwhite and my friend managed to get off a quick shot. \u2014 Durrell Smith, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"My favorite, a portrait of a Brittany with a bobwhite in her mouth, is missing. \u2014 Natalie Krebs, Field & Stream , 5 Oct. 2020",
"The efforts of hunters haven\u2019t been enough to slow the decline, and in many places there are no longer enough northern bobwhites to hunt. \u2014 Jordan Sillars, National Review , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Speaking of quail, bobwhites and pheasants often inhabit the same areas. \u2014 Jarrod Spilger, Field & Stream , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Yet when flung toward everything from bobwhites to ringnecks, the 28 gauge seems to bring home the bacon. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Commonly hunted in the eastern United States, the northern- bobwhite population experienced a massive, 85 percent decline between 1966 and 2014, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. \u2014 Jordan Sillars, National Review , 23 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bison heads will also be sold, as well as bows and traps that were confiscated from errant hunters and trappers and dozens of bobcat furs. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Reptile eggs are already a part of the Florida bobcat diet. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Natural Resource Commission voted unanimously to expand bobcat hunting season in Michigan on Thursday, despite animal rights activists voicing strong opposition. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Loncarich would take in as much as $7,500 per mountain lion hunt and $1,500 per bobcat hunt. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 21 Nov. 2014",
"While hiking earlier that week, the husband and wife snapped a photo of a bobcat . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Nancy Holland, 46, shared a video on Nextdoor, a social networking app, of a bobcat walking along her driveway last Friday morning. \u2014 Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On the night he was buried, a game camera showed a bobcat slipping from the brush and sitting for a while at his gravesite as if escorting the old orange tabby across the Rainbow Bridge. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"That might be the main reason the bobcat survived its adventure. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sightings at Nauset Spit in Orleans included a Lapland longspur, 3 marsh wrens, 5 American pipits, 21 Savannah sparrows, a yellow-breasted chat, and 3 bobolinks . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Reports from Crane WMA in Falmouth included 2 American kestrels, 9 Eastern phoebes, 2 grasshopper sparrows, 18 Eastern towhees, 2 bobolink , 4 Eastern meadowlarks, a dickcissel, and 2 blue grosbeaks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Researchers are working with landowners in the state to preserve some of the last vital habitats available for grassland birds, like the bobolink , Savannah sparrow and meadowlark. \u2014 USA TODAY , 3 July 2019",
"From here the trail travels along a dusty road through a vast field populated by bobolink and eastern meadowlark. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 20 May 2018",
"Here is a sampling of the offerings: Bloomfield: A nature walk on the Orchard Trail to the High Orchard, through farm fields to the Auer Farm Road Orchard to look for bobolinks . \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 15 May 2018",
"Officials say rare bird species such as bobolinks , grasshopper sparrows, and American kestrels breed on the grassland. \u2014 Frank Kummer, Philly.com , 9 Apr. 2018",
"Her poems are stuffed with robins, bobolinks , squirrels, bees, daffodils, butterflies, dandelions, frost, and roses. \u2014 Ellen Wayland-smith, Longreads , 21 Mar. 2018",
"The natural area is an Important Bird Area, with landscapes that support both wetland and barrens species, including bobolinks , golden eagles and sandhill cranes. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That afternoon, members of the convoy drove their bobtail trucks through Black Lives Matter Plaza. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Voyager 1 was transmitting data on the interstellar medium at a speed of about 160 bps, and 128 baby bobtail squid were sent to the International Space Station. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid were raised at the University of Hawaii\u2019s Kewalo Marine Laboratory and were blasted into space earlier this month on a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021",
"Along for the ride are 5,000 tardigrades, also known as water bears, and 128 baby glow-in-the-dark bobtail squid. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 June 2021",
"Some of the examples of trucks the association believes could traverse through the Wallace Tunnel and avoid the truck bridge include: Single-axle tractors pulling bobtail trailers, dump trucks, mixer trucks, fire trucks and garbage trucks. \u2014 al , 9 June 2021",
"The 128 baby bobtail squid will be used as part of research into the effects of spaceflight on the interactions between microbes and animals. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 3 June 2021",
"On Thursday, 128 baby bobtail squid and about 5,000 microscopic animals launched aboard Space X's Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to the ISS. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 3 June 2021",
"Some 5,000 tardigrades, also known as water bears, and 128 baby glow-in-the-dark bobtail squid will be among the precious cargo heading to the station. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 26 May 2021"
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"\u2014 Ruth Inglis",
"the bobby-sock brigade",
"young wives, only a few years away from their bobby-socks days",
"\u2014 Lois & Don Thorburn"
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"from the name Bobby (influenced by bobby pin )":"Noun"
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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": a small shack usually on runners and used for fishing through the ice (as for smelt or lake trout)":[]
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"town in western Burkina Faso population 489,967":[]
": a dish of minced meat with curry and condiments especially popular in southern Africa":[]
},
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"\u00a6b\u014db\u0259t\u00a6\u0113",
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"borrowed from Afrikaans boebooti, boboti , borrowed from Javanese Malay bobotok, bebotok , plural of botok \"spiced, shredded coconut wrapped in banana leaves with fish or other ingredients and steamed,\" borrowed from Javanese bo\u1e6do\u0294 (spelled bothok )":""
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": a mineral Mg 3 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O consisting of hydrous magnesium phosphate occurring massive or in crystals in guano":[]
},
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"French from Pierre A. Bobierre \u20201881 French chemist + French -ite":""
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"bo urgeois + Bo hemian":""
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": to play a children's game in which one tries to grab floating or hanging apples with one's teeth":[]
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": a short wig with bobs worn in British courts":[]
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"noun"
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": a fishing fly attached to the leader some distance above the tail fly":[]
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": a drawbridge that rotates about a pivot near one end":[]
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"noun"
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": a 2-person bobsled":[]
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"bob entry 8 + -let":""
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"plural noun"
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": girls' socks reaching above the ankle":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The fashion plate showed off an off-the-shoulder top, Tabi Mary Jane shoes with bobby socks , and a furry belt that was strapped into her divisive yet chic jorts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"McCormick, outfitted in bobby socks and cat-eye glasses as Fay, proves to be the breakout star as the heart of the film and an unlikely hero. \u2014 cleveland , 28 May 2020",
"Fiordiligi and Dorabella first appear in bobby socks and saddle shoes\u2014concealed the darker desires that infuse everything about Cos\u00ec fan tutte. \u2014 Larry Wolff, The New York Review of Books , 27 Mar. 2018",
"And for those looking for a more dainty look, simply replace the athlete\u2019s with a thin bobby sock , and voila. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 13 May 2019",
"Last night in Milan, Bella had a strange-chic shoe moment of her own, too, sporting a pair of vintage Dior mule heeled sandals with dainty frilled bobby socks . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 28 June 2018"
],
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"perhaps from bobby pin":""
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"French bob\u00e8che":""
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a sock reaching above the ankle and usually worn by teen-age girls and children":[],
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"the bobby-sox audience",
"\u2014 Ruth Inglis",
"the bobby-sock brigade",
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"\u2014 Lois & Don Thorburn"
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"city on the Berezina River in central Belarus population 215,100":[]
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": barbed wire":[]
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"definitions":{
": balsa sense 1":[]
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": an obsolete Flemish system of musical solmization using the syllables bo, ce, di, ga, lo, ma, ni":[]
