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  "name": "Pigeage"
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  "root": "French pigeage, from piger / pigeon-dialect verbs for treading or pressing down",
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  "letter": "P",
  "kind": "ferment"
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  "what": "Punching the cap down into the wine. The old tool is a plunger; the old method is bare legs."
 },
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   "as": "The practice, at length.",
   "rel": "practice"
  }
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 "confidence": "low",
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 "updated": "2026-09-16",
 "blurb": "Punching the cap down into the wine. The old tool is a plunger; the old method is bare legs.",
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   "key": "burgundy",
   "name": "Burgundy",
   "country": "France",
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   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "licence": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  }
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   "tier": "tradition"
  },
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   "as": "The word itself.",
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