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331 lines
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{
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"rucksack":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bag that is strapped to the back with two shoulder straps and is used for carrying personal belongings and supplies : knapsack":[
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"I picked up a rucksack full of spare gear and began to slog back up the steep, slippery grass to the headland.",
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"\u2014 A. Alvarez",
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"As U.S. soldiers gird for war in the 21st century with chemical suits, night-vision goggles and \u2026 rifles, there is still one item in their rucksacks that even their great-grandfathers would recognize: chewing gum.",
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"\u2014 Cynthia Schreiber",
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"On the nature hike, I will be just like Sacajawea, Molly thought as she packed her rucksack .",
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"\u2014 Valerie Tripp",
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"The last thing you want is a heavy rucksack slopping about on your back, threatening to throw you off balance \u2026",
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"\u2014 Clive Tully",
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"\"I'm hungry,\" complained the girl. The boy turned on a torch and peered inside a grey canvas rucksack behind him. \"There's an apple.\"",
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"\u2014 Melvin Burgess"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Matthew VanDyke, a gaunt, bearded forty-two-year-old from Baltimore, grabbed his rucksack from the carousel and strode purposefully toward the exit. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The commuter in your life will feel special sporting this waterproof rucksack . \u2014 Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online , 10 Nov. 2020",
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"Unlike long-range Predator drones, which look similar to small planes and fire missiles at targets, the smallest Switchblade model fits in a rucksack and flies directly into targets to detonate its small warhead. \u2014 Luis Martinez, ABC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"The rucksack even received a coveted Gold Rating from the Leather Working Group, which promotes sustainable practices in the leather industry. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Fitzroy rucksack is made of 10-ounce waxed canvas with a double urethane coating, an internal frame sheet and the brand\u2019s signature Arkiv closure to ensure your stuff stays safe and out of the elements. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Some of the rocks in the rucksack can be removed by women. \u2014 Joy Burnford, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Pack your rucksack , walk, or roll, with your family and friends, and raise awareness for Veterans and military families struggling at home and abroad. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"The Army and Marine Corps also evaluated wearable, high-efficiency, solar cells that can be attached to a rucksack or helmet. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 2 June 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German, from German dialect, from Rucken back + Sack sack":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ru\u0307k-",
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"\u02c8r\u0259k-\u02ccsak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"backpack",
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"kit bag",
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"knapsack",
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"pack",
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"packsack"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195637",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ruckus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a noisy fight or disturbance : row , commotion":[
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"raise/cause/create a ruckus",
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"heard a ruckus down the street",
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"He went outside to see what all the ruckus was about.",
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"The dogs \u2026 typically would set off quite a ruckus whenever they heard something in the woods \u2026",
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"\u2014 Larry Livermore"
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],
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": a state or situation in which many people are angry or upset : fuss , uproar":[
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"\u2026 IHOP recently caused a social media ruckus after announcing it would change its name \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lauren Delgado",
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"\u2026 the county's GOP is embroiled in a lively legal ruckus over an attempt to seize control of the party.",
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"\u2014 Charles Burress"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the ruckus left one person with a sprained wrist",
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"quit creating such a ruckus \u2014I'm trying to sleep!",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Our reporters talk quietly to families far from the ruckus . \u2014 Liz Vaccariello, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
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"Although few dead animals were spotted on this September afternoon, plenty of Kodiak brown bears could be seen bounding across open fields and along the beaches, trying to escape the ruckus of the approaching chopper. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
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"The driver, 35, said her shirt was torn and her arm scratched in the ruckus . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
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"Schedules that day had to be adjusted because the ruckus canceled some tests and triggered a school emergency drill. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
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"Instead of raising a ruckus , the players are quiet. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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"Where traditional ways of raising a ruckus are harder to come by in an environment cluttered with pandemic and war, one viral post can sway opinion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The subsequent reaction caused a desmadre \u2014 a big ol\u2019 ruckus \u2014 across Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"With each Coachella lineup announcement, there is a ruckus over which artists are deserving of becoming marquee headliners and which acts are too good to be written in fine print. \u2014 ELLE , 25 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably blend of ruction and rumpus":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"or \u02c8ru\u0307-",
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"\u02c8r\u0259-k\u0259s",
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"also \u02c8r\u00fc-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"affray",
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"brawl",
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"broil",
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"donnybrook",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"row",
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"ruction"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085146",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ruction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a noisy fight":[],
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": disturbance , uproar":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the ruction ended with everyone involved getting arrested",
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"the ruction outside the door prompted me to investigate what was going on",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This week\u2019s lira ruction was caused by Mr. Erdogan\u2019s sacking on Saturday of the head of the central bank. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2021",
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"Once again, waspish commentators noted, an American woman has caused a ruction in the royal family. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020",
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"Deteriorating finances come at a bad time, however, with ructions in China\u2019s money markets threatening to damp demand for corporate bonds. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 21 June 2019",
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"The volcano\u2019s ructions escalated on Sunday, prompting the provincial government in Batangas to declare a state of calamity. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020",
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"Once again, waspish commentators noted, an American woman has caused a ruction in the British royal family. \u2014 Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2020",
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"But Gerwig resists that temptation by keeping her eye firmly on the economics to which Alcott herself was all too keenly aware, and allowing her characters to experience joy even within their severest ructions and reversals. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Houston Chronicle , 20 Dec. 2019",
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"At some point, ructions in financial markets would force a change\u2014a weak pound makes imports more expensive, trimming living standards. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Oct. 2019",
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"America's political ructions keep bursting from its borders. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps by shortening & alteration from insurrection":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"affray",
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"brawl",
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"broil",
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"donnybrook",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"row",
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"ruckus"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231016",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Rucuyen":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Cariban people of the Tumuc-Humac mountains between Brazil and the Guianas":[],
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": a member of such people":[],
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": a language of the Rucuyen people":[]
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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":"20220712-084812"
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},
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"ructious":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": causing a ruction : quarrelsome , contentious , unruly , vexed":[
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"ructious ghosts called poltergeists",
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"\u2014 Time"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0259ksh\u0259s"
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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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"ruct ion + -ious":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105318"
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},
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"rucervine":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or like a deer of a genus ( Rucervus ) that is now usually made a subgenus of Cervus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccv\u012bn",
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"r\u00fc\u02c8s\u0259rv\u0259\u0307n"
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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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"New Latin Rucervus (from Rusa + Cervus ) + English -ine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134920"
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},
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"rucervine antler":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an antler with long and simple brow tine and doubly dichotomous beam":[]
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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":"20220712-163912"
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},
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"ruche":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pleated, fluted, or gathered strip of fabric used for trimming":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u00fcsh"
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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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"Painted in profile against a leafy background, the model, an actress known as Jane Demarsy, wears a floral pompadour dress, a cabriolet hat topped with roses and daisies and trimmed with a ruche , a dashing black scarf and long suede gloves. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French ruche literally, beehive, from Medieval Latin rusca bark":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185808"
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},
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"ruck":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the usual run of persons or things : generality":[
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"trying to rise above the ruck",
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"\u2014 Richard Holt"
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],
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": an indistinguishable gathering : jumble":[],
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": the persons or things following the vanguard":[
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"finished the race in the ruck"
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],
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": pucker , wrinkle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0259k"
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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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"Middle English, heap, pile, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hraukr rick \u2014 more at rick":"Noun",
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"ruck , noun, wrinkle":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194350"
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},
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"ruckle":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make a hoarse rattling sound (as from suffocation)":[
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"asses braying and camels ruckling",
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"\u2014 I. M. Lask"
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],
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": to form or work into folds : crumple , wrinkle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0259k\u0259l",
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"\u02c8ru\u0307k-"
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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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"of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hrygla to rattle in the throat; akin to Middle High German r\u00fcckeln, r\u00fcheln to rattle in the throat, roar, Old English hrog mucus, phlegm, Lithuanian kra\u0169kti to croak, groan, Old Slavic kruk\u016d raven, Latin corvus , raven, crepare to crack, creak":"Intransitive verb",
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"ruck entry 3 + -le":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1700, in the meaning defined above":"Intransitive verb",
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"1695, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202119"
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}
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} |