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"Mauna Kea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"extinct volcano 13,796 feet (4205 meters) high in the north central part of the island of Hawaii":[]
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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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"\u02ccmau\u0307-n\u00e4-\u02c8k\u0101-\u00e4",
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"\u02ccm\u022f-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141247",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Mauna Loa":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"active volcano 13,680 feet (4170 meters) high in the south central part of the island of Hawaii in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park":[]
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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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"\u02ccm\u022f-",
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"\u02ccmau\u0307-n\u00e4-\u02c8l\u014d-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081506",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"maudlin":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unsentimental"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": drunk enough to be emotionally silly":[
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"a mob of maudlin rummies \u2026 sing hymns",
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"\u2014 Joseph Mitchell",
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"would crack open another beer and become maudlin",
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"\u2014 Patrick Moore"
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],
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": weakly and effusively sentimental":[
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"maudlin expressions of regret"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He became maudlin and started crying like a child.",
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"a maudlin movie about a lovable tramp",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the first round of donations were largely maudlin and uncreative. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2021",
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"Death, the only long-term certainty for any of us, permeates these episodes, although not in an overly maudlin way. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"In her more maudlin moments, George Smiley\u2019s colleague Connie Sachs sounds like Larkin. \u2014 Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"The filmmakers lean into evolving emotional tones gracefully without being overly maudlin or saccharine. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"We are also treated to several rather maudlin scenes of the father teaching his son about the fairies prior to his disappearance. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 June 2020",
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"The visual bard of American solitude\u2014not loneliness, a maudlin projection\u2014speaks to our isolated states these days with fortuitous poignance. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
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"And the data is coming in from several sources, giving cable news channels a maudlin kind of scoreboard as two numbers \u2013 cases and deaths \u2013 seem to change almost by the hour. \u2014 Michael Tackett, USA TODAY , 25 May 2020",
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"Directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Grostein Andrade, this is a maudlin and predictable film, with oversimplified, kid-friendly takes on complex political issues. \u2014 Devika Girish, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of Mary Magdalene ; from her depiction as a weeping penitent":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fd-l\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004637",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"maul":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": beat , bruise":[],
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": mangle sense 1":[],
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": to handle roughly":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"A bear killed one hiker and badly mauled the other.",
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"demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"York then allegedly threw a lighter at the family member and chased both with a maul . \u2014 Fox News , 1 Sep. 2021",
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"The constant tone of derision in all their conversations would split them apart faster than a maul splits a log. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 27 May 2021",
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"Did a Bigfoot maul and kill three men on a cannabis farm in Northern California",
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"Years of experience lends one the ability to look at a chunk of wood and figure out where the knots are and where to strike and split with the splitting maul . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2020",
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"Paylor, a 6-foot-5, 235-pound sophomore lock, was dragged down by the neck by an opponent, who held Paylor\u2019s neck in the crook of his arm as the maul (a cluster of players) collapsed. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 12 Apr. 2020",
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"This time the ball was adjudged to have been passed forward in the maul -- a controversial decision which left English supporters in the crowd shaking their heads. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 26 Oct. 2019",
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"Trailing 12-0 after eight minutes, the Welsh were also 19-10 behind and being dominated by France when Vahaamahina elbowed Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright in the face in a maul and was shown a red card in the 49th minute. \u2014 Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Oct. 2019",
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"Uruguay flanker Santiago Civetta\u2019s yellow card for a professional foul opened the way for a Wales penalty try from a rolling maul , and 21-6. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Oct. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Can maul like an interior lineman, but his athleticism is best suited for tackle. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"These lapses maul the credibility of the mainstream media at a time when critics see them as straightforward confirmation of their suspicions: that collusive media outlets assign false narratives to their foot soldiers. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2021",
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"Jon Gruden has constructed an impressive offense that can strike deep, QB Derek Carr now armed with an array of downfield options, and/or simply maul opponents with jackhammer RB Josh Jacobs. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 11 Nov. 2020",
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"Teams with simple schemes and strong veteran cores have generally fared better, but only when the coronavirus doesn\u2019t maul their depth charts. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 5 Oct. 2020",
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"Mark Matheny might not have survived had not his hunting partner emptied the contents of a pepper-spray canister into the face of the bear that was mauling him. \u2014 Keith Mccafferty, Field & Stream , 27 May 2020",
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"Hooper, 25, is a solid but not stunning in-line blocker, who is better suited to chipping defenders than mauling them. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Jan. 2020",
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"The Tigers have been mauling opponents for the last two months, but the ACC has not provided Clemson any top-flight competition. \u2014 Ralph D. Russo, Houston Chronicle , 8 Dec. 2019",
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"The lone win came in Houston in 2018, when the Tigers mauled him with four home runs in a 6-3 victory. \u2014 Chris Thomas, Detroit Free Press , 21 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English malle mace, maul, from Anglo-French mail , from Latin malleus ; akin to Old Church Slavonic mlat\u016d hammer, Latin molere to grind \u2014 more at meal":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"maltreat",
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"manhandle",
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"mishandle",
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"rough (up)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105010",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maunch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of maunch variant spelling of manche"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113234",
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"type":[]
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},
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"maund":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a handbasket : hamper":[],
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": a measure, varying in quantity":[],
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": beg":[]
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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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"Hindi man , from Sanskrit man\u0101":"Noun",
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"Middle English maund handbasket, from Middle French mande , from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English mand handbasket, Middle Low German mande":"Noun",
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"perhaps from Middle French mendier , from Latin mendicare":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"\u02c8m\u022fnd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174928",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maundage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": amount in maunds":[]
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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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"maund entry 3 + -age":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-dij"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185231",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"maunder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": grumble":[],
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": to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly":[],
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": to wander slowly and idly":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"maundered all over town on his day off",
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"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hughes ran efficient and productive meetings, with a low tolerance for maundering or side conversation, but he was given pause by the gravity of the occasion. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably imitative":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-d\u0259r",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bat",
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"cruise",
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"drift",
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"float",
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"gad (about)",
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"gallivant",
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"galavant",
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"kick around",
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"knock (about)",
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"meander",
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"mooch",
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"ramble",
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"range",
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"roam",
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"rove",
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"traipse",
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"wander"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181951",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maunderer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": grumble":[],
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": to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly":[],
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": to wander slowly and idly":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"maundered all over town on his day off",
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"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hughes ran efficient and productive meetings, with a low tolerance for maundering or side conversation, but he was given pause by the gravity of the occasion. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably imitative":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-d\u0259r",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bat",
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"cruise",
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"drift",
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"float",
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"gad (about)",
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"gallivant",
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"galavant",
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"kick around",
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"knock (about)",
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"meander",
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"mooch",
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"ramble",
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"range",
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"roam",
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"rove",
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"traipse",
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"wander"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051848",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maundering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": grumble":[],
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": to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly":[],
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": to wander slowly and idly":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"maundered all over town on his day off",
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"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hughes ran efficient and productive meetings, with a low tolerance for maundering or side conversation, but he was given pause by the gravity of the occasion. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably imitative":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-d\u0259r",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bat",
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"cruise",
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"drift",
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"float",
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"gad (about)",
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"gallivant",
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"galavant",
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"kick around",
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"knock (about)",
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"meander",
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"mooch",
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"ramble",
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"range",
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"roam",
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"rove",
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"traipse",
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"wander"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180932",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maunderingly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a maundering manner : uncertainly , disconnectedly":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054259",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"maundy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday":[],
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": alms distributed in connection with the maundy ceremony or on Maundy Thursday":[],
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": feast":[],
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": maundy money":[
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"With the growth of the numismatic hobby \u2026 the silver Maundy coins, especially full sets \u2026 have become more highly prized and correspondingly expensive.",
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"\u2014 Herbert C. Bardes , New York Times , 22 Mar. 1964",
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"maundy coinage"
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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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"Middle English maunde , from Old French mand\u00e9 , from Latin mandatum command, order; from the words spoken by Jesus to his disciples after washing their feet at the Last Supper, \"a new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another\" (John 13:34 Authorized Version)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140121",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"maundy thursday":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the Thursday before Easter observed in commemoration of the institution of the Eucharist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-",
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-d\u0113-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English maunde ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday, from Anglo-French mandet , from Latin mandatum command; from Jesus' words in John 13:34 \u2014 more at mandate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152745"
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"maunna":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": must not":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-",
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"\u02c8m\u0227n(n)\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"maun + na":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161831"
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"maundy money":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one-penny, twopenny, threepenny, and fourpenny silver coins especially minted for distribution to the poor by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162735"
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"Maundy Thursday":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the Thursday before Easter observed in commemoration of the institution of the Eucharist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022fn-d\u0113-",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English maunde ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday, from Anglo-French mandet , from Latin mandatum command; from Jesus' words in John 13:34 \u2014 more at mandate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163105"
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},
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"Maupassant":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"(Henri-Ren\u00e9-Albert-) Guy de 1850\u20131893 French writer":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccm\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4\u207f"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163731"
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}
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} |