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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _lstrip_word(word, prefix):
    '''
    Return a copy of the string after the specified prefix was removed
    from the beginning of the string
    '''

    if six.text_type(word).startswith(prefix):
        return six.text_type(word)[len(prefix):]
    return word