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248 lines
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{
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"Janus-faced":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"candid",
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"genuine",
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"heartfelt",
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"honest",
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"sincere",
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"undesigning",
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"unfeigned"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1682, 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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"\u02c8j\u0101-n\u0259s-\u02ccf\u0101st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"backhanded",
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"counterfeit",
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"double",
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"double-dealing",
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"double-faced",
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"fake",
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"feigned",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"jive",
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"left-handed",
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"lip",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"Pecksniffian",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"phony-baloney",
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"phoney-baloney",
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"pretended",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203648",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"jangle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a discordant often ringing sound":[
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"the jangle of spurs"
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],
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": idle talk":[],
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": noisy quarreling":[],
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": to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously":[],
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": to excite to tense irritation":[
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"jangled nerves"
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],
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": to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound":[
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"keys jangling in my pocket"
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],
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": to quarrel verbally":[],
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": to talk idly":[],
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": to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Coins jangled out of the machine.",
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"He jangled his keys loudly outside the door.",
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"Noun",
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"the hall was abuzz with the usual preconvention jangle",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The days of hitting three cherries as machines jingle and jangle while spitting out a mountain of quarters are long gone. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"Like several other Indian genres, Kathak employs anklets bearing dozens of tiny bells that jangle with the steps of bare feet; the meters sounded by Mr. Maharaj\u2019s anklets were often astounding. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Nerves seemed to jangle several top competitors, and clean landings were hard to find. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 25 July 2021",
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"Announcing a timetable for dialing back bond buying would likely spook markets \u2014 but not addressing inflation at all could also jangle nerves on Wall Street. \u2014 NBC News , 16 June 2021",
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"The five-toned chimes would bang out quick arpeggios or jangle together in messy chords. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021",
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"With four decades of down-and-out and so-it-goes jangle behind him, the Book of Bruce \u2014 part near-biblical tract, part noir novella \u2014 is as good as national scripture, and its author sacred as our bard in jeans. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
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"The readings will jangle nerves at the European Central Bank and add fuel to the argument for more stimulus. \u2014 Alexander Weber, Bloomberg.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
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"Approaching the drop zone, the bomb bay bell jangled loudly, the payload door retracted, and the plane gave a gentle lurch. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Birmingham native\u2019s band Waxahatchee did a strong set of Instagram jangle at Orion. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
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"Trumpets blare at the voice-cracking top of their register over a cool upright bass line and the incongruous junkyard jangle of toy piano. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"The jangle of references is a bit disconcerting \u2014 what are Sleeping Beauty\u2019s companions doing on an antebellum plantation in northern New Jersey",
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"Without Keuning\u2019s jangle and riff shards, The Killers have a more poppy sound. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com , 18 Aug. 2020",
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"Without Keuning's jangle and riff shards, The Killers have a more poppy sound. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 18 Aug. 2020",
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"Also crucial is Murphy's particular knack for using music and color to convey the hothouse longings of her characters; heady metaphors served in the atonal jangle of post punk or the throbbing kaleidoscope of strobe lights at a house party. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 17 June 2020",
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"The return of the character was teased in the first season of the Star Wars drama series, when a pair of black boots with a familiar-sounding jangle entered the frame at the end of one episode. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 8 May 2020",
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"The singer-guitarist also channels some of the anthemic jangle of Tom Petty and the working-class themes of Bruce Springsteen. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 3 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French jangler , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch jangelen to grumble":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ja\u014b-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"backchat",
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"cackle",
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"causerie",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"chin music",
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"chin-wag",
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"chitchat",
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"confab",
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"confabulation",
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"gab",
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"gabfest",
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"gossip",
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"jaw",
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"natter",
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"palaver",
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"patter",
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"rap",
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"schmooze",
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"small talk",
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"table talk",
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"talk",
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"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095951",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"janitor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": doorkeeper":[],
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": one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"got a job as the night janitor at the elementary school",
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"according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hers included two brothers and a mother who worked a night shift as a janitor . \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
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"Eventually, officers on the scene used a key retrieved from a janitor to unlock the door to the classroom where the gunman had barricaded himself. \u2014 Olivia Rubin, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
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"Police breach the door using keys obtained from the janitor because both doors are locked. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022",
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"His television career spanned the gamut from janitor to cameraman and director. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"Law enforcement breached the classroom door at 12:50 p.m., using keys from a janitor , and shot and killed the suspect. \u2014 Elizabeth Joseph, CNN , 9 June 2022",
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"Ramos walked inside the school at 11:33 a.m., and the Border Patrol unit entered the classroom at 12:50 p.m. using keys obtained from a janitor . \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
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"The classroom was breached at 12:50 p.m. using keys from a janitor . \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
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"The crisis ended shortly after officers used keys from a janitor to open the classroom door, entered the room and shot and killed Ramos. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1629, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from janus arch, gate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8jan-\u0259t-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8ja-n\u0259-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"caretaker",
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"custodian",
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"guardian",
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"keeper",
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"warden",
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"watchman"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115849",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"janissary music":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": music of military bands formed on the Turkish model and featuring shrill fifes and loud oboes and drums, cymbals, triangles, and Turkish crescents":[],
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": orchestral or other music imitating this music or its qualities":[],
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": battery sense 12":[]
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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":"20220709-000729"
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},
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"janissary":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a soldier of an elite corps of Turkish troops organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826":[],
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": a member of a group of loyal or subservient troops, officials, or supporters":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ja-n\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113",
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"-\u02cczer-"
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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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"Su\u0308leyman sent him 2,000 janissaries , the elite of the Ottoman army. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian gianizzero , from Turkish yeni\u00e7eri , from yeni new + \u00e7eri soldier":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171707"
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},
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"janthina":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the type genus of Janthinidae comprising pelagic snails of warm seas that have a thin spiral purple shell, a large head, and protrusible gills":[],
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": any snail of the genus Janthina":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8jan(t) th\u0259n\u0259"
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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, from Latin ianthina , feminine of ianthinus violet-blue, from Greek ianthinos , from ion violet + anthos flower":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014608"
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}
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} |