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532 lines
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{
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"Bible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a copy or an edition of the Bible":[
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"gave each of her grandchildren a Bible"
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],
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": a publication that is preeminent especially in authoritativeness or wide readership":[
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"the fisherman's bible",
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"the bible of the entertainment industry"
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],
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": book":[],
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": the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament":[],
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": the sacred scriptures of some other religion (such as Judaism)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She gave each of her grandchildren a Bible .",
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"The book is famous among foodies\u2014it's the gourmet's bible .",
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"The magazine is now considered the bible of the plastics industry.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The book has been translated into 15 languages and is regarded by many across the world as a bible of ecological principles. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
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"Neither Dylann Roof, who pled guilty to massacring nine people at a Charleston bible study, nor James Fields, who was convicted of killing a Charlottesville demonstrator with his car, were sentenced with the terrorism enhancement. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Reznikoff has handled several auctions of former first lady items, including a bible of Mary Todd Lincoln's, which sold for $90,000, and accessories that belonged to Jacqueline Kennedy, including a pair of white gloves that fetched $2,400. \u2014 Kate Bennett, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"For nearly seven decades, Finley\u2019s publication remained the bible of New York Fashion Week. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"To me Manu Chao has always represented hope, his lyrics were like a bible to me growing up. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Aspiras and Tanno spent months building a bible to guide their looks that referenced every shade, color and hairstyle for every single scene of the movie. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Luckily, photographs of Tammy were easy to acquire from the archives as well as her friends and family, a collection Travers studiously turned into a design bible . \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Vulture , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"My personal bible on the topic is The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins. \u2014 Michael Adler, Forbes , 18 June 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia , from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos papyrus, book, from Byblos , ancient Phoenician city from which papyrus was exported":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012b-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"Book",
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"Good Book",
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"Holy Writ",
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"Scripture"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045931",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bible Belt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190134",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bible Church":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Christian congregation that lays special emphasis on the Bible as the basis of faith and the inerrant word of God":[
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"\u2014 used frequently in names of churches that hold such doctrines and do not have other denominational affiliations"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194809",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bible box":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a miniature chest of the 17th century or earlier with flat top and with or without a till":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114806",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bible-banger":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": bible-thumper":[
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"With such freedoms, temptation is ever present, as the Bible-bangers on Sunday television testify.",
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"\u2014 Peter Ustinov , Saturday Review , 13 Dec. 1975",
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"Theologically, upon his death he would shoot straight to heaven, but I, a Protestant Bible-banger , would need to earn my way over and over again.",
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"\u2014 Susan Campbell , Hartford Courant , 18 Dec. 2001"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222923",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bible-basher":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": bible-thumper":[
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"The old-style Bible-bashers were street-corner evangelists who bawled all Hell out of luckless sinners for the greater glory of the Lord.",
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"\u2014 Douglas Fairey , Weekend , 7\u201313 Feb. 1968",
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"\u2026 the activities of opium-smugglers and bible-bashers in the early nineteenth century provide some wryly amusing material of which the author makes the most.",
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"\u2014 Times Literary Supplement , 26 Jan. 1967"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174934",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bib":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a cloth or plastic shield tied under the chin to protect the clothes":[],
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": a patch of differently colored feathers or fur immediately below the bill or chin of a bird or mammal":[],
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": a piece of cloth, paper, or plastic with an identifying number that is worn by a participant in a race or contest":[
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"a race bib"
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],
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": drink":[],
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": the part of an apron or of overalls extending above the waist":[],
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"Bible":[],
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"biblical":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"the old professor has been known to bib on occasion",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Implementing issue 24, which voters approved resoundingly in November, that adds another layer of oversight to police and bib obviously grasps the gravity of the moment for Cleveland police. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The film cuts to the right-centrist soon-to-be president Val\u00e9ry Giscard d\u2019Estaing careening clownishly on skis, in a race bib . \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"The packet contains your bib , a shirt, a rainforest worth of coupons/advertising and sundry other items. \u2014 Channing King, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022",
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"Kathrine Switzer, who was the first official woman entrant in the Boston Marathon 50 years ago, wears the same bib number and displays her medal after finishing the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, 2017, in Boston. \u2014 CBS News , 11 June 2022",
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"All participants receive a colorful T-shirt, a finisher's medal, custom bib number, candy packet and race photos. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
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"Every participant in the event will receive a race t-shirt and bib , the organization says, and will provide training workouts and guides as well. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Convene government agencies, nonprofits, businesses, and others in the private sector to address the social problems and the lack of opportunities that underlie crime, but bib and prior Jones are kind of re-imagining this job. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"All participants will receive a race T-shirt, race bib and a superhero medal. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The other half: In the four corners of his race bib , Meb had hand-scrawled the names of the previous year\u2019s four bombing victims. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bibben":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bib"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"booze",
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"drink",
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"guzzle",
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"liquor (up)",
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"lush (up)",
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"soak",
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"tipple"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161757",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bibelot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small household ornament or decorative object : trinket":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"practically every horizontal surface in the Victorian parlor was blanketed with fussy little bibelots",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The painting then remained in the artist\u2019s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
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"Bruno Magli\u2019s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"Well, nobody ever brought in any bibelot on Dominique. \u2014 William Middleton, Town & Country , 7 Mar. 2018",
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"Inside there is a small desk with a computer; a bookshelf is adorned with bibelots and certificates of appreciation with her name in fancy script. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2018",
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"Oh, if only Trump had a crystal ball among those Bedminster bibelots ! \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 3 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0113-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bauble",
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"curio",
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"curiosity",
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"doodad",
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"gaud",
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"gewgaw",
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"geegaw",
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"gimcrack",
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"kickshaw",
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"knickknack",
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"nicknack",
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"novelty",
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"ornamental",
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"tchotchke",
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"trinket"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035406",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bibimbap":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Korean dish of rice with cooked vegetables, usually meat, and often a raw or fried egg":[
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"In Korea, some foods trickled down from the Imperial palace and others have humbler origins. Bibimbap seems to be somewhere in the middle\u2014a dish thought to have been introduced to Korean monarchy by the court of China, but also served to farmers in their fields.",
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"\u2014 Debra Samuels"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The menu included bibimbap , dumplings and sous-vide beef ribs. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s the office caterer turned lunch spot Rootastes and the fast-casual Korean kitchen Perillas, which already sells bibimbap in Somerville\u2019s Bow Market and Allston-Brighton. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s Korean bibimbap , bowls of warm white rice topped with assorted fresh, marinated and sauteed vegetables with meat. \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
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"Then there is Mandoo Bar in Koreatown on 32nd Street, where Dixon likes bibimbap with an egg. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Ki Kim has scattered winter truffles over bibimbap and reconceived beef galbi using beets at Kinn, his new K-town tasting-menu restaurant. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Learn how to prepare bulgogi, a Korean barbecue, rice cake soup and dumplings, kimchi pancakes and jjigae, a Korean stew, fried noodles, a spicy rice cake or bibimbap , a traditional dish of rice with vegetables and chili paste. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Selections have included shrimp and grits, lasagna, eggplant Parmesan, risotto, peanut butter noodles and bibimbap , a Korean rice dish which can include meat and vegetables. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Other menu items include Korean-style chicken wings, bibimbap and ramen. \u2014 Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer , 21 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Korean pibimpap , from pibim \"hash, chopped food\" + pap \"cooked rice\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0113-\u02c8b\u0113m-\u02c8b\u00e4p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130812",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bibitory":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of taking up moisture":[
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"bibitory papers"
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],
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": concerned with or relating to drinking":[
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"a bibitory muscle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Medieval Latin bibitorius , from Latin bibitus (past participle of bibere ) + -orius -ory":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-b\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102715",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bibl":{
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"definitions":{
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"bibliography":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021754",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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"bible":{
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"definitions":{
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": a copy or an edition of the Bible":[
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"gave each of her grandchildren a Bible"
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": a publication that is preeminent especially in authoritativeness or wide readership":[
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"the fisherman's bible",
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"the bible of the entertainment industry"
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": book":[],
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": the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament":[],
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": the sacred scriptures of some other religion (such as Judaism)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She gave each of her grandchildren a Bible .",
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"The book is famous among foodies\u2014it's the gourmet's bible .",
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"The magazine is now considered the bible of the plastics industry.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The book has been translated into 15 languages and is regarded by many across the world as a bible of ecological principles. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
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"Neither Dylann Roof, who pled guilty to massacring nine people at a Charleston bible study, nor James Fields, who was convicted of killing a Charlottesville demonstrator with his car, were sentenced with the terrorism enhancement. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Reznikoff has handled several auctions of former first lady items, including a bible of Mary Todd Lincoln's, which sold for $90,000, and accessories that belonged to Jacqueline Kennedy, including a pair of white gloves that fetched $2,400. \u2014 Kate Bennett, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"For nearly seven decades, Finley\u2019s publication remained the bible of New York Fashion Week. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"To me Manu Chao has always represented hope, his lyrics were like a bible to me growing up. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Aspiras and Tanno spent months building a bible to guide their looks that referenced every shade, color and hairstyle for every single scene of the movie. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Luckily, photographs of Tammy were easy to acquire from the archives as well as her friends and family, a collection Travers studiously turned into a design bible . \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Vulture , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"My personal bible on the topic is The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins. \u2014 Michael Adler, Forbes , 18 June 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia , from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos papyrus, book, from Byblos , ancient Phoenician city from which papyrus was exported":""
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"\u02c8b\u012b-b\u0259l"
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"bible class":{
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": a Sunday-school or church-school class devoted to the study of the Bible":[]
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": fond of alcoholic beverages":[],
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": of, relating to, or marked by the consumption of alcoholic beverages":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-by\u0259-l\u0259s",
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"\u02c8bib-y\u0259-l\u0259s"
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"absorbent",
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"spongy",
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"thirsty"
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"nonabsorbent"
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"special drying cloths that are so bibulous that they can absorb 10 times their weight in water",
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"a campaign to make the bibulous fraternity brother a collegiate archetype of the past",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Jan. 2018",
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"But how differently would the Iron Lady have handled Brexit or Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU\u2019s bibulous president",
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"Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Jan. 2018",
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"Old-school voters expecting him to reinstate the fading habit of the long and bibulous lunch may have to wait. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 9 May 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin bibulus , from bibere to drink \u2014 more at potable":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015613"
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},
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"bibulosity":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": state of being bibulous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccbi-bj\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bibul ous + -osity":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033152"
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},
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"biblical":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being in accord with the Bible (see bible sense 1 )":[
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"a biblical passage",
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"biblical references"
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],
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": suggestive of the Bible or Bible times":[
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"his biblical beard"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-bli-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The film revolves around the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene who has withdrawn from the world since the death of Jesus. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"They were named for the biblical figure Joshua by members of a band of Mormons traveling through the Cajon Pass back to Utah in 1857. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Arabs recognize it from Hajar, the Arabic-language pronunciation of the name of that biblical figure. \u2014 Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
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"The team is unsure whether a connection between the writing and the biblical figure exists but says this is the first time the name has been recorded outside of the text. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 July 2021",
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"During an Easter Sunday visit to the Church of God of East Flatbush, Mr. Adams cited a biblical passage that describes a test of courage under duress. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2021",
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"In the biblical passage Leviticus 23:24-25, God tells Moses that the people of Israel should observe the first day of the seventh month as a day of rest and mark it with the blast of horns. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, National Geographic , 18 Sep. 2020",
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"The compound also is the holiest site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount and revere it as the home of the biblical Temples. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 29 May 2022",
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"The process of harvesting fruits and vegetables that otherwise would go to waste, known as gleaning, is a practice that dates back to biblical times. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Medieval Latin biblicus , from biblia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183828"
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},
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"Biblical hand":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a book hand of the Byzantine period (about a.d. 300\u2013650) characterized by squarish uncials of somewhat heavy appearance":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234423"
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},
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"bib shorts":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an article of clothing worn chiefly by bicyclists which consists of tight-fitting shorts that extend upwards on the torso and two straps that pass over the shoulders":[
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"Bib shorts may look ridiculous, but with their inbuilt padding they are the most comfortable for anyone planning a long ride or week-long cycling holiday.",
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"\u2014 Charles Starmer-Smith, Daily Telegraph (London) , 24 July 2010"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1986, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001616"
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}
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