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556 lines
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{
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"tuft":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament":[],
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": clump , cluster":[],
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": mound":[],
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": any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile":[],
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": to provide or adorn with a tuft":[],
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": to make (a fabric) of or with tufts":[],
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": to make (something, such as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and covering the depressions produced on the surface with tufts":[],
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": to form into or grow in tufts":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259ft"
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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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"Noun",
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"A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Russians have a word for Ukrainians, which is khokhol, sort of slightly disdain for them, which is that tuft of hair on the Cossack\u2019s head. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Read full article At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Mr. Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Additionally, Colegrove noted and photographed each tuft of pale fur, a dollop of cream on an otherwise coffee and cinnamon pelt. \u2014 Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Abbas is forty-seven, with droopy eyes, a barely existent tuft of gray hair, and a plump face, set into a determinedly benign smile. \u2014 Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"After a moment, the enormous head dropped to forage through the sparse grass, its tail with the tuft of hair at the end slapping at swarming flies. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Nov. 2021",
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"Wrap the bottom edge of each ear around the ear tuft and hot-glue. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Referring to the ear pattern, hot-glue a faux fur ear tuft to the inside of each ear. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"These included residential species like Carolina wrens and tufted titmice, as well as indigo buntings, hooded warblers, and other birds that spend their winters in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. \u2014 Kate Baggaley, Popular Science , 27 May 2020",
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"The mattresses are hand- tufted and made in California. \u2014 Mariana Zapata, NBC News , 8 May 2020",
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"Seriously, how many sofas have diamond- tufted shearling",
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"Other animals that experienced mass die-offs include sea lions, tufted puffins, and baleen whales. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"For a split second, the elusive predator was illuminated in my headlights and seemed frozen in mid-stride, running across a warm desert night, its long legs, tufted ears, and beautiful reddish-brown fur with black spots forever etched in my memory. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2020",
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"One of these was tufted , like a tiny feather duster. \u2014 Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"Males grow to about 13 pounds in captivity and the oldest captive tufted capuchin lived to be 45-years-old, according to the New England Primate Conservatory. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"And the sideboard table is metal, but tufted for interest. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, House Beautiful , 17 May 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, modification of Middle French touffe , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tip \u2014 more at top entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1535, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213804"
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},
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"tufoli":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pasta shell large enough for stuffing (as with meat or cheese)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"t(y)\u00fc\u02c8f\u014dl\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian dialect (southern Italy), plural of tufolo tube, modification of Latin tubulus tubule":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001552"
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},
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"tuftaffeta":{
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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 taffeta having a pile that is arranged in tufts":[],
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": made of tuftaffeta":[],
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": clothed in tuftaffeta":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cct\u0259f+",
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"\""
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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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"blend of tuft entry 1 + taffeta":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003544"
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},
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"tufts":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament":[],
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": clump , cluster":[],
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": mound":[],
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": any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile":[],
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": to provide or adorn with a tuft":[],
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": to make (a fabric) of or with tufts":[],
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": to make (something, such as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and covering the depressions produced on the surface with tufts":[],
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": to form into or grow in tufts":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259ft"
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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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"Noun",
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"A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Russians have a word for Ukrainians, which is khokhol, sort of slightly disdain for them, which is that tuft of hair on the Cossack\u2019s head. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Read full article At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Mr. Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Additionally, Colegrove noted and photographed each tuft of pale fur, a dollop of cream on an otherwise coffee and cinnamon pelt. \u2014 Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Abbas is forty-seven, with droopy eyes, a barely existent tuft of gray hair, and a plump face, set into a determinedly benign smile. \u2014 Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"After a moment, the enormous head dropped to forage through the sparse grass, its tail with the tuft of hair at the end slapping at swarming flies. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Nov. 2021",
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"Wrap the bottom edge of each ear around the ear tuft and hot-glue. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Referring to the ear pattern, hot-glue a faux fur ear tuft to the inside of each ear. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"These included residential species like Carolina wrens and tufted titmice, as well as indigo buntings, hooded warblers, and other birds that spend their winters in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. \u2014 Kate Baggaley, Popular Science , 27 May 2020",
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"The mattresses are hand- tufted and made in California. \u2014 Mariana Zapata, NBC News , 8 May 2020",
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"Seriously, how many sofas have diamond- tufted shearling",
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"Other animals that experienced mass die-offs include sea lions, tufted puffins, and baleen whales. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"For a split second, the elusive predator was illuminated in my headlights and seemed frozen in mid-stride, running across a warm desert night, its long legs, tufted ears, and beautiful reddish-brown fur with black spots forever etched in my memory. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2020",
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"One of these was tufted , like a tiny feather duster. \u2014 Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"Males grow to about 13 pounds in captivity and the oldest captive tufted capuchin lived to be 45-years-old, according to the New England Primate Conservatory. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"And the sideboard table is metal, but tufted for interest. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, House Beautiful , 17 May 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, modification of Middle French touffe , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tip \u2014 more at top entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1535, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092214"
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},
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"tufted coquette":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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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":"20220709-092425"
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},
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"tufted titmouse":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large titmouse ( Baeolophus bicolor synonym Parus bicolor ) chiefly of the eastern U.S. and Mexico that has a gray, pointed crest, gray back, white underparts, and rust-colored sides \u2014 see black-crested titmouse":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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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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"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213428"
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},
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"tufted deer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a deer of the genus Elaphodus related to the muntjacs but having minute antlers that are largely concealed by a frontal tuft of long coarse hair":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225512"
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},
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"tufted vetch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common perennial vetch ( Vicia cracca ) of temperate regions that has dense elongate clusters of flowers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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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":"20220710-095653"
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},
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"tuft-hunted":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sought out by tuft-hunters":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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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":"20220710-113659"
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},
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"tufted duck":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an Old World duck ( Aythya fuligula ) having a tufted head but in most characteristics similar to the typical scaup ducks":[],
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": ring-necked duck":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125642"
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},
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"tufted hair grass":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tussock grass sense a":[],
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": a slender wiry grass ( Deschampsia caespitosa ) of the north temperate zone":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194028"
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},
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"tuft-hunter":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one that seeks association with persons of title or high social status : snob":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"tuft entry 1 (sense 4)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214303"
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},
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"tufted puffin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a puffin ( Lunda cirrhata ) of the northern Pacific that is chiefly blackish brown above and below and has white cheeks and a large yellow plume over each eye":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043818"
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},
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"tuft-hunting":{
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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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": the practice of tuft-hunters":[],
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": of or relating to tuft-hunters : snobbish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\""
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120041"
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"tufted pansy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a European violet ( Viola cornuta ) that has the spur of the corolla unusually prolonged":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152731"
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},
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"tuftily":{
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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 tufty manner":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259ft\u0259\u0307l\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184657"
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"tuftlet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small tuft":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259ftl\u0259\u0307t"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204655"
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},
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"tufted loosetrife":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a primulaceous bog or marsh herb ( Naumburgia thyrsiflora ) of the north temperate zone that has small yellow flowers in heads on close racemes":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040750"
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"tufty":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament":[],
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": clump , cluster":[],
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": mound":[],
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": any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile":[],
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": to provide or adorn with a tuft":[],
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": to make (a fabric) of or with tufts":[],
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": to make (something, such as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and covering the depressions produced on the surface with tufts":[],
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": to form into or grow in tufts":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259ft"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Russians have a word for Ukrainians, which is khokhol, sort of slightly disdain for them, which is that tuft of hair on the Cossack\u2019s head. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Read full article At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"At 6-foot-1, with a full tuft of hair and a scraggly beard, Mr. Wall towered over the wiry, diminutive Mr. Lee, who, in the film, nevertheless overpowers his adversary by kicking him to the ground and crushing his chest. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Additionally, Colegrove noted and photographed each tuft of pale fur, a dollop of cream on an otherwise coffee and cinnamon pelt. \u2014 Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Abbas is forty-seven, with droopy eyes, a barely existent tuft of gray hair, and a plump face, set into a determinedly benign smile. \u2014 Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"After a moment, the enormous head dropped to forage through the sparse grass, its tail with the tuft of hair at the end slapping at swarming flies. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Nov. 2021",
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"Wrap the bottom edge of each ear around the ear tuft and hot-glue. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Referring to the ear pattern, hot-glue a faux fur ear tuft to the inside of each ear. \u2014 Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"These included residential species like Carolina wrens and tufted titmice, as well as indigo buntings, hooded warblers, and other birds that spend their winters in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. \u2014 Kate Baggaley, Popular Science , 27 May 2020",
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"The mattresses are hand- tufted and made in California. \u2014 Mariana Zapata, NBC News , 8 May 2020",
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"Seriously, how many sofas have diamond- tufted shearling? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"Other animals that experienced mass die-offs include sea lions, tufted puffins, and baleen whales. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"For a split second, the elusive predator was illuminated in my headlights and seemed frozen in mid-stride, running across a warm desert night, its long legs, tufted ears, and beautiful reddish-brown fur with black spots forever etched in my memory. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2020",
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"One of these was tufted , like a tiny feather duster. \u2014 Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"Males grow to about 13 pounds in captivity and the oldest captive tufted capuchin lived to be 45-years-old, according to the New England Primate Conservatory. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"And the sideboard table is metal, but tufted for interest. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, House Beautiful , 17 May 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, modification of Middle French touffe , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tip \u2014 more at top entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1535, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085835"
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"tufa":{
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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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": tuff":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u00fc-f\u0259",
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"\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The hypersaline high-desert lake, famous for its towering, craggy tufa formations, has been at the center of long-running disputes over the city\u2019s diversions of water from the lake\u2019s feeder streams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Perhaps most spectacular, however, are Mono Lake\u2019s tufa towers, created by the interaction of freshwater rising through alkaline lake water. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Limestone formations are also scattered throughout the lake and are called tufa towers. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"The tufa system is no longer active, apart from small drips during the rainy season. \u2014 Benjamin Schoville, Quartz , 4 Apr. 2021",
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"Located in Sorrento's town center and set on high tufa cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Naples with views across to Mount Vesuvius, this charming property has been catering to luxury travelers since 1834. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
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"Formations of tufa , a porous limestone, dot the lake, including one that gives Pyramid its name. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2021",
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"Over time, these waters precipitate calcium carbonate and form tufa . \u2014 Benjamin Schoville, Quartz , 4 Apr. 2021",
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"The implications stretch from Owens Lake north to Mono Lake, the high-desert water body east of Yosemite National Park best known for its cragged and towering tufa formations. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian tufo , from Latin tofus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135413"
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},
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"tuff":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"definitions":{
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": a rock composed of the finer kinds of volcanic detritus usually fused together by heat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259f"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There are older consolidated rocks, loose volcanic tuff produced by explosive eruptions, and a variety of clays, which may or may not contain hot water. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"About halfway through the hike, the road swings around a water tank and begins a winding ascent through a geologically complex zone of quartzite, limestone and volcanic tuff \u2014 an amazing display 540 million years in the making. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Slicing through Big Bend National Park, the narrow, two-lane road curves through cliffs of volcanic tuff and past Wild West ranches, ending at the spectacular 1,500-foot limestone walls of Santa Elena Canyon. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Interspersed with the in-person dancers are film sequences within the 400-feet-deep tuff quarry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
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"The area is known for its Bishop tuff \u2014 a type of rock formed by super-heated volcanic ash, which is of interest to researchers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 July 2021",
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"Fish Slough, a National Natural Landmark on the eastern edge of the tablelands, includes vivid petroglyphs chipped into bizarrely eroded volcanic tuff formations that overlook a verdant desert oasis laced with meandering spring-fed creeks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 July 2021",
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"For disposal in granite, clay and tuff formations the maximum allowable disposal density is determined by thermal limitations and most scenarios have waste canisters separated by about 8 feet. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
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"The rock formation is what\u2019s known as a tuff ring, which rises magnificently above all else around it. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier tuph, tuft porous rock, from Middle French tuf , from Old Italian tufo":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172906"
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},
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"tuffet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tuft sense 1a":[],
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": a low seat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0259-f\u0259t"
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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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"Maybe an hour into her walk, McRae spots a brown tuffet on the sidewalk on West Street near Liberty Street. \u2014 Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed , 28 May 2021",
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"Remember Little Miss Muffet, who sat on a tuffet , eating her curds and whey? \u2014 Carsen Joenk, Popular Science , 11 Jan. 2021",
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"No strength or stamina and her tuffet is a disgrace. \u2014 Jay Martel, The New Yorker , 27 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Anglo-French tuffete , from *tufe tuft":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173616"
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},
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"tufan":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a violent storm":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"t\u00fc\u02c8f\u00e4n"
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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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"Arabic \u1e6d\u016bf\u0101n deluge, from Greek typh\u014dn typhoon":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213626"
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