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Partlet
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noun
Partlet
n.
1.
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but later by women alone; a ruff. (Obs.)
2.
A hen; so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
"Dame Partlett, the hen."
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