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173 lines
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{
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"pewter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bluish gray":[],
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": utensils of pewter":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The pewter coin token is skillfully engraved with their name and confirmation date, and can be turned into an antique necklace for an additional charge. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
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"Cave paused in front of a group of somber, forlorn Soundsuits, made in 2011 of black mother-of-pearl buttons, with large pewter -looking megaphones where heads should be. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
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"On the low end, implicated Navy members ate a gourmet meal or two on his dime or accepted modest gifts such as alcohol or pewter daggers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
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"Fill Julep cup, preferably silver or pewter , or other glass, with crushed ice. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
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"The blanket comes in three neutral colors that will seamlessly blend into any decor: lunar, a cool light gray; oat, a warm taupe; and pewter , a steely blue-gray. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"The handle of a traditional Chinese soupspoon indicated that rather than using readily available pewter cutlery, the workers took extreme care in transporting fragile implements across the globe. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The muted colors in the background\u2014the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus\u2014seem to sympathize. \u2014 Rafa\u0142 Milach, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"And because Tampa Bay's normal pewter and red color scheme didn't fit with the orange and white jerseys, the Buccaneers temporarily abandoned the use of the throwbacks. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th 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, from Anglo-French peutre , from Vulgar Latin *piltrum":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072004",
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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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"pew":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons":[],
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": one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fc"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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 queen sat alone in a pew , wearing a black face mask, in keeping with national restrictions. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
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"The president shared a front row pew with former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, the Clintons, Chelsea Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The gifts of reimagining worship, of recognizing that the spirit of God is within and that we\u2019re connected by our humanity, by our breath, and not only by a pew or a temple or a synagogue or a mosque or a church. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Nearly an hour before the ceremony was scheduled to begin, the building was close to capacity, with friends and family squeezed five to a pew to make room for new arrivals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Because if one in eight people experience disability, there should be one in every pew . \u2014 Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
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"The funeral was televised, leaving the nation with a poignant image of the queen sitting alone in her pew at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Philip\u2019s funeral a year ago, when the pandemic required the queen to sit alone, masked, on a lonely pew at St. George\u2019s Chapel at Windsor Castle. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"According to documents released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office in October, Baldwin was sitting in a church pew and rehearsing a scene that involved drawing a revolver and pointing it at the camera. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 15 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pewe , from Middle French dialect (Picardy) puie balustrade, from Latin podia , plural of podium parapet, podium, from Greek podion base, diminutive of pod-, pous foot \u2014 more at foot":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165108"
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},
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"pewage":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the amount paid for the use of a pew in a church":[],
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": the pews in a church":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fcij",
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"-\u0113j"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171429"
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},
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"pew chair":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a seat hinged against the end of a pew to afford accommodation when needed in the aisle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035820"
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},
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"pewdom":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the system or prevalence of pews in churches":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fcd\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100851"
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},
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"pewee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various small largely gray or olive-colored American flycatchers (genus Contopus )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0113-(\u02cc)w\u0113",
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"\u02c8p\u0113-\u02ccw\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"They were inextricably linked through sports, even if their two-year age gap meant Smith, now 26, was just a pewee when McLain was a bantam. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Dead migratory birds -- which include species such as warblers, bluebirds, sparrows, blackbirds, the western wood pewee and flycatchers -- are also being found in Colorado, Texas and Mexico. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 14 Sep. 2020",
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"There were also 22 double-crested cormorants, two bald eagles, two American kestrels, 11 Eastern wood- pewees , and 23 red-eyed vireos. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2019",
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"The wooded areas hold Eastern wood- pewees , summer tanagers and red-eyed vireos. \u2014 Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver , 4 May 2018",
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"The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees , vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"imitative":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185647"
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},
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"pewful":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": as many as a pew will hold":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fc\u02ccfu\u0307l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pew entry 1 + -ful":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231037"
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}
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} |