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partlet

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɑːtlət/Sorted aelprttStarts with PEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet).

Word origin

Origin unknown; perhaps a diminutive form of pert, or from its habit of ruffling the feathers round its neck; see Etymology 2 below.

Used in a sentence

  • How now, dame Partlett the hen?
  • On 1 February 1505, he ordered a new set of clothes for prince: an arming doublet of black satin, with fashionable detachable sleeves, and with it an arming partlet or under-collar […]
  • A black witch known as Mother She was going along Front Street toward the store, a frail bent shape in black partlet with cane laboring brokenly through the heat.

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