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537 lines
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{
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"puff":{
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"air",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"waft",
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"zephyr"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a commendatory or promotional notice or review":[],
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": a fluffy mass: such as":[],
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": a light round hollow pastry":[],
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": a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a puff":[],
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": a quilted bed covering":[],
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": a slight explosive sound accompanying a puff":[],
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": a slight swelling : protuberance":[],
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": a small fluffy pad for applying cosmetic powder":[],
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": a soft loose roll of hair":[],
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": advertise":[],
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": an act or instance of puffing : whiff":[],
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": an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis":[],
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": draw sense 1a":[],
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": of, relating to, or designed for promotion or flattery":[
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"a puff piece in the paper"
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],
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": pouf sense 2":[],
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": to become distended : swell":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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],
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": to blow in short gusts":[],
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": to breathe hard : pant":[],
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": to distend with or as if with air or gas : inflate":[],
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": to draw on (a cigar, cigarette, pipe, etc.) with intermittent exhalations of smoke":[],
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": to emit small whiffs or clouds (as of smoke) often as an accompaniment to vigorous action":[
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"puff at a pipe"
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],
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": to emit, propel, blow, or expel by or as if by puffs : waft":[],
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": to exhale forcibly":[],
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": to form a chromosomal puff":[],
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": to make proud or conceited : elate":[],
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": to open or appear in or as if in a puff":[],
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": to praise extravagantly and usually with exaggeration":[
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"authors puffing their own work"
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],
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": to speak or act in a scornful, conceited, or exaggerated manner":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She sat on the porch puffing on a cigarette.",
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"The chimney puffed white smoke into the sky.",
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"We watched the train puff away on its journey west.",
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"He was puffing and panting from running.",
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"The bikers puffed up the hill.",
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"Noun",
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"He let me have a puff off his pipe.",
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"She took two puffs on her inhaler before going for a run.",
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"puffs filled with cream cheese and apricot jam",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Building an entirely new world order of this sort ought to puff up dramas great and small. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Aluminum foil may be used in place of parchment, but parchment creates an elegant presentation and can even puff up while cooking. \u2014 Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"After all, the beloved device is designed to puff plumes of hydrating mist into the air, which can relieve dry skin, congestion, and sore throats. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Powder has the leavening power to puff all on its own. \u2014 Claire Saffitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"His body, in this case, seemed truly to puff up and grow bigger. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"It's expected to land in a puff of sand in a remote area of the New Mexican desert, called White Sands, which has long been the site of aerospace and weapons tests. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 25 May 2022",
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"Would a light puff of air really alert me to turn off the oven",
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"Gold seems more interested in the stylistic scene transitions than the scenes themselves, leaving the production to feel like little more than a hollow puff of smoke. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"And cremating the body parts made sure evidence went up in a literal puff of smoke. \u2014 Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"This season, everything\u2019s changed in a puff of smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"For the daytime outing, Lourd, 29, wore a sequin Louis Vuitton LBD featuring puff shoulders teamed with oversize hoop earrings and a matching purse over her shoulder. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
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"Power puff shoulders take a floral dress's spring aura up several notches, in both mini and midi lengths. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
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"Guys with thick hair already have a high level of volume, so adding more might create one of those giant puff -ball situations. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 13 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Apply the anti- puff serum with the metal roller ball and get ready to reap all of the cooling, calming, and rejuvenating benefits. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 24 May 2021",
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"This super- puff exoplanet, known as WASP-107b, is about the same size as Jupiter, but only about one-tenth the mass \u2014 or about 30 times more massive than Earth. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Jan. 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":"Noun",
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English pyffan , of imitative origin":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"gasp",
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"heave",
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"hyperventilate",
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"pant",
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"wheeze"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031224",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"puff (up) with pride":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to stand or sit up straighter because one is very proud":[
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"When his daughter's name was announced as the winner, he puffed up with pride ."
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]
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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":"20220708-163512"
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},
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"puff pastry":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a pastry dough containing many alternating layers of butter and dough or the light flaky pastry made from it":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lobster Newberg - Creamy Maine lobster tail chopped, celery, live lettuce, fresh avocado, served at room temperature in puff pastry . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
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"Cannolo, Italian custard and puff pastry , or gelato are offered for dessert. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
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"The French changed the crust too, as most quiche recipes call for a buttery pie crust or flaky puff pastry . \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Dust your work surface with flour to prevent sticking, and roll your puff pastry into a rectangle about eight inches long. \u2014 Christina Bernstein, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
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"As a lighter, better-for-you alternative to puff pastry or other pie doughs, this recipe, also from Ellie Krieger, features phyllo dough, which results in a shatteringly crisp, flaky exterior. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
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"On a blustery afternoon in Lawndale, Beverly Harris waited in line outside Harmony Community Church for her turn to select from bags of apples and cartons of eggs, romaine lettuce and puff pastry from the food pantry in the church\u2019s basement. \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"The vol-au-vent is served deconstructed, a naked plate of quenelles, sweetbreads and truffles until the server ceremoniously tops it with a buckwheat puff pastry sheet and long drizzles of accompanying sauces. \u2014 Vivian Song, Robb Report , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"The classic French version of a king cake, the galette des rois, is a puff pastry cake that is usually filled with frangipane (a sweet cream made from almonds, butter sugar and eggs). \u2014 Rachel Taylor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1788, 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":"20220706-113503",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"puff piece":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a story, news report, etc., that praises someone or something too much":[
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"The story was just another puff piece to help the mayor get reelected."
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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":"20220708-082026",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"puffy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": blowing in puffs : gusty":[
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"a strong, puffy wind"
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],
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": characterized by vanity or ostentation : pompous , showy":[
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"puffy rhetoric",
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"All of my small, puffy pride at being the skipper of a tiny unit in a great nation victorious over the forces of evil seemed to blow away before the drunken racket of those three thousand men.",
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"\u2014 Louis Auchincloss"
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],
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": having a puffed up form or appearance : soft, light, and fluffy":[
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"puffy white clouds",
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"a puffy bun",
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"puffy hair",
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"It is very difficult to shake hands when you're wearing ski mittens. They're so puffy and fat it's like shaking hands with giant marshmallows.",
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"\u2014 Ann M. Martin",
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"Not far away is a Georgian bakery where we found long, puffy loaves of wonderfully crisp bread.",
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Steingarten"
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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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"This aerobic insulator is the mullet of puffy jackets, combining baffles of ultralight synthetic insulation up front and laser-cut perforated ventilation in the back. \u2014 Frederick Reimers, Outside Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"The clothing line featured colorful ski masks, neon bike shorts and puffy jackets, often adorned with a signature palm tree logo. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Oct. 2021",
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"Mike Trout cracked jokes about Velazquez\u2019s parachute pants and Tyler Wade\u2019s puffy jacket. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
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"People who love to ski through the woods feel those changes acutely \u2014 but during Bushey\u2019s Vermont childhood, snow regularly piled into puffy mounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"And watery, puffy eyes are common with allergies but less so with COVID. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 16 May 2022",
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"Caffeine is also included to tighten the skin by draining away the water retention that causes puffy eyes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Her daughter stood beside her, in a puffy coat and a wool hat. \u2014 The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Of all the layers out there, a puffy vest just might be our favorite, and this one from Old Navy gets the job done. \u2014 Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored , 16 Nov. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1594, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259-f\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073522",
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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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"puffery":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exaggerated commendation especially for promotional purposes : hype":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259-f(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"\u02c8p\u0259-f\u0259-r\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ballyhoo",
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"hype",
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"publicity"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"the newspaper's local stories are often thinly disguised puffery for area businesses",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As for hog-tying Whitmer, that was puffery , the defense lawyer claimed. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Chutkow also touched on the defense's claims that this case was all about puffery , big talkers engaged in tough talk and blowing off steam. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"People can smell fake gratitude and ego puffery a mile away. \u2014 Amy Blaschka, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
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"The defense has argued that the defendants were merely blowing off steam, and that they were engaged in puffery and tough talk, with no real plan to harm anyone. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The defense says this was all puffery , wanna-be military guys who talked a big game and tried to impress one another. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Along the way, his puffery often came with unfortunate consequences for average people who could not distinguish truth from hyperbole. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Successful work cultures must have a vital ethical component, one that differentiates between the puffery of marketing language or missing non-essential deadlines (launching a new product or website, for example) to outright faking results. \u2014 Jason Korman, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"No more of those puffery deadlines that have no stake in the ground. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012926"
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},
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"puff-fish":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": puffer fish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074500"
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},
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"puffily":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in a puffy manner":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259f\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
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"-li"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174133"
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},
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"puffed":{
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to blow in short gusts":[],
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": to exhale forcibly":[],
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": to breathe hard : pant":[],
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": to emit small whiffs or clouds (as of smoke) often as an accompaniment to vigorous action":[
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"puff at a pipe"
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],
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": to speak or act in a scornful, conceited, or exaggerated manner":[],
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": to become distended : swell":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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],
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": to open or appear in or as if in a puff":[],
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": to form a chromosomal puff":[],
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": to emit, propel, blow, or expel by or as if by puffs : waft":[],
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": to draw on (a cigar, cigarette, pipe, etc.) with intermittent exhalations of smoke":[],
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": to distend with or as if with air or gas : inflate":[],
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": to make proud or conceited : elate":[],
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": to praise extravagantly and usually with exaggeration":[
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"authors puffing their own work"
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],
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": advertise":[],
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": an act or instance of puffing : whiff":[],
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": a slight explosive sound accompanying a puff":[],
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": a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a puff":[],
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": draw sense 1a":[],
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": a light round hollow pastry":[],
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": a slight swelling : protuberance":[],
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": a fluffy mass: such as":[],
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": pouf sense 2":[],
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": a small fluffy pad for applying cosmetic powder":[],
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": a soft loose roll of hair":[],
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": a quilted bed covering":[],
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": a commendatory or promotional notice or review":[],
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": an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis":[],
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": of, relating to, or designed for promotion or flattery":[
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"a puff piece in the paper"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259f"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"gasp",
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"heave",
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"hyperventilate",
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"pant",
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"wheeze"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"air",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"waft",
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"zephyr"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She sat on the porch puffing on a cigarette.",
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"The chimney puffed white smoke into the sky.",
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"We watched the train puff away on its journey west.",
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"He was puffing and panting from running.",
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"The bikers puffed up the hill.",
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"Noun",
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"He let me have a puff off his pipe.",
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"She took two puffs on her inhaler before going for a run.",
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"puffs filled with cream cheese and apricot jam",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Building an entirely new world order of this sort ought to puff up dramas great and small. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Aluminum foil may be used in place of parchment, but parchment creates an elegant presentation and can even puff up while cooking. \u2014 Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"After all, the beloved device is designed to puff plumes of hydrating mist into the air, which can relieve dry skin, congestion, and sore throats. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Powder has the leavening power to puff all on its own. \u2014 Claire Saffitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"His body, in this case, seemed truly to puff up and grow bigger. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"It's expected to land in a puff of sand in a remote area of the New Mexican desert, called White Sands, which has long been the site of aerospace and weapons tests. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 25 May 2022",
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"Would a light puff of air really alert me to turn off the oven",
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"Gold seems more interested in the stylistic scene transitions than the scenes themselves, leaving the production to feel like little more than a hollow puff of smoke. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"And cremating the body parts made sure evidence went up in a literal puff of smoke. \u2014 Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"This season, everything\u2019s changed in a puff of smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"For the daytime outing, Lourd, 29, wore a sequin Louis Vuitton LBD featuring puff shoulders teamed with oversize hoop earrings and a matching purse over her shoulder. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
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"Power puff shoulders take a floral dress's spring aura up several notches, in both mini and midi lengths. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
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"Guys with thick hair already have a high level of volume, so adding more might create one of those giant puff -ball situations. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 13 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Apply the anti- puff serum with the metal roller ball and get ready to reap all of the cooling, calming, and rejuvenating benefits. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 24 May 2021",
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"This super- puff exoplanet, known as WASP-107b, is about the same size as Jupiter, but only about one-tenth the mass \u2014 or about 30 times more massive than Earth. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Jan. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English pyffan , of imitative origin":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225012"
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},
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"puffs":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to blow in short gusts":[],
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": to exhale forcibly":[],
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": to breathe hard : pant":[],
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": to emit small whiffs or clouds (as of smoke) often as an accompaniment to vigorous action":[
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"puff at a pipe"
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],
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": to speak or act in a scornful, conceited, or exaggerated manner":[],
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": to become distended : swell":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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],
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": to open or appear in or as if in a puff":[],
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": to form a chromosomal puff":[],
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": to emit, propel, blow, or expel by or as if by puffs : waft":[],
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": to draw on (a cigar, cigarette, pipe, etc.) with intermittent exhalations of smoke":[],
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": to distend with or as if with air or gas : inflate":[],
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": to make proud or conceited : elate":[],
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": to praise extravagantly and usually with exaggeration":[
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"authors puffing their own work"
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],
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": advertise":[],
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": an act or instance of puffing : whiff":[],
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": a slight explosive sound accompanying a puff":[],
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": a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a puff":[],
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": draw sense 1a":[],
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": a light round hollow pastry":[],
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": a slight swelling : protuberance":[],
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": a fluffy mass: such as":[],
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": pouf sense 2":[],
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": a small fluffy pad for applying cosmetic powder":[],
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": a soft loose roll of hair":[],
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": a quilted bed covering":[],
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": a commendatory or promotional notice or review":[],
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": an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis":[],
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": of, relating to, or designed for promotion or flattery":[
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"a puff piece in the paper"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259f"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"gasp",
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"heave",
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"hyperventilate",
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"pant",
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"wheeze"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"air",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"waft",
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"zephyr"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She sat on the porch puffing on a cigarette.",
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"The chimney puffed white smoke into the sky.",
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"We watched the train puff away on its journey west.",
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"He was puffing and panting from running.",
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"The bikers puffed up the hill.",
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"Noun",
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"He let me have a puff off his pipe.",
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"She took two puffs on her inhaler before going for a run.",
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"puffs filled with cream cheese and apricot jam",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Building an entirely new world order of this sort ought to puff up dramas great and small. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Aluminum foil may be used in place of parchment, but parchment creates an elegant presentation and can even puff up while cooking. \u2014 Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"After all, the beloved device is designed to puff plumes of hydrating mist into the air, which can relieve dry skin, congestion, and sore throats. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Powder has the leavening power to puff all on its own. \u2014 Claire Saffitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"His body, in this case, seemed truly to puff up and grow bigger. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"It's expected to land in a puff of sand in a remote area of the New Mexican desert, called White Sands, which has long been the site of aerospace and weapons tests. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 25 May 2022",
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"Would a light puff of air really alert me to turn off the oven",
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"Gold seems more interested in the stylistic scene transitions than the scenes themselves, leaving the production to feel like little more than a hollow puff of smoke. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"And cremating the body parts made sure evidence went up in a literal puff of smoke. \u2014 Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"This season, everything\u2019s changed in a puff of smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"For the daytime outing, Lourd, 29, wore a sequin Louis Vuitton LBD featuring puff shoulders teamed with oversize hoop earrings and a matching purse over her shoulder. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
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"Power puff shoulders take a floral dress's spring aura up several notches, in both mini and midi lengths. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Guys with thick hair already have a high level of volume, so adding more might create one of those giant puff -ball situations. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"Apply the anti- puff serum with the metal roller ball and get ready to reap all of the cooling, calming, and rejuvenating benefits. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 24 May 2021",
|
|
"This super- puff exoplanet, known as WASP-107b, is about the same size as Jupiter, but only about one-tenth the mass \u2014 or about 30 times more massive than Earth. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Jan. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English pyffan , of imitative origin":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021346"
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},
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"puffin":{
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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 several seabirds (genera Fratercula and Lunda ) of the northern hemisphere having a short neck and a deep grooved parti-colored laterally compressed bill":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259-f\u0259n"
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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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"Reykjavik is the world\u2019s only capital city with a major puffin breeding colony. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
|
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"This versatile pleated puffin bag includes a convertible strap to allow it to be worn as a handbag, shoulder bag, or cross-body. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Boat excursions to Staffa, a nearby island, offer the geological marvel Fingal\u2019s Cave and puffin sightings. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
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"This versatile pleated puffin bag includes a convertible strap to allow it to be worn as a handbag, shoulder bag, or cross-body. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This versatile pleated puffin bag includes a convertible strap to allow it to be worn as a handbag, shoulder bag, or cross-body. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This versatile pleated puffin bag includes a convertible strap to allow it to be worn as a handbag, shoulder bag, or cross-body. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Foula is home to some of Britain\u2019s highest cliffs, a large puffin colony, no shops and around 30 people. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
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"This versatile pleated puffin bag includes a convertible strap to allow it to be worn as a handbag, shoulder bag, or cross-body. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English pophyn":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023319"
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}
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} |