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133 lines
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{
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"nuik":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of nuik chiefly Scottish variant of nook"
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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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"\u02c8ny\u00fck"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170814",
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"type":[]
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},
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"nuisance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": harm , injury":[
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"relieving the nuisance of poisonous fumes from rural factories",
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"\u2014 Collier's Yr. Bk."
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],
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": one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious : pest":[
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"My allergies are a nuisance in the springtime.",
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"Weeds are a nuisance to the gardener."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the new neighbor is threatening to become a nuisance , dropping in on us several times a day",
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"folding up this map correctly is such a nuisance",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Chicago has already seen temperatures in the 90s for much of June, and those face coverings can quickly become a frustrating nuisance in the heat. \u2014 Jared Wyllys, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
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"Adams started breaking down how Wiggins could use his 7-foot wingspan, lateral agility and basketball smarts to become a nuisance to opponents. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com , 10 Jan. 2021",
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"Poly has been committed to solving the nuisance that varying audio and video environments bring. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"The most pressing nuisance , by far, has been ticketing issues though. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
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"But the reality is that the much bigger nuisance is not the heat, but the cold. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
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"Chamber of Commerce attorney John Tucker said the massacre was horrible, but the nuisance is not ongoing. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
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"His son and others counseled him to treat the suit as a nuisance , settle with the plaintiffs and get on with his life. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
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"Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons filed the lawsuit in 2020 under the state\u2019s public nuisance law. \u2014 Essence , 21 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English nusaunce, noisaunce \"harm, damage, (in law) cause of annoyance or inconvenience,\" borrowed from Anglo-French nusance, noisance, from nuis-, nois-, nus-, stem of nuire, nure, noisir, nuser \"to injure, damage, vex\" (going back to Latin noc\u0113re \"to injure, harm\") + -ance -ance \u2014 more at noxious":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u00fc-s\u1d4an(t)s",
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"\u02c8n\u00fcs-\u1d4ans, \u02c8ny\u00fcs-",
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"\u02c8n\u00fc-s\u1d4ans",
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"\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"annoyance",
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"annoyer",
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"bother",
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"gadfly",
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"gnawer",
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"nudnik",
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"nudnick",
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"pain",
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"persecutor",
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"pest",
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"tease",
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"teaser"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003735",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuisance tax":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an excise tax collected in small amounts on a wide range of commodities directly from the consumer":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, 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":"20220707-064116",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuisance value":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": value, importance, or usefulness arising from a capacity to annoy, frustrate, harass, or injure":[
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"atolls and islands having a high nuisance value",
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"\u2014 W. V. Pratt",
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"the business of the minor parties is to develop so great a nuisance value that one of the major parties will take over their programs",
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"\u2014 H. S. Commager",
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"alert to opportunities to institute representative suits solely for their nuisance value",
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"\u2014 G. B. Hurff"
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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":"20220707-003221",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuit blanche":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": white night : a sleepless night":[]
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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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"nw\u02b8\u0113-bl\u00e4\u207fsh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043526",
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"type":[
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"French noun phrase"
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]
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}
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} |