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partlet
/ˈpɑːtlət/
noun 2
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4ADJ.
black
VERB + PARTLET
arming, shape
PARTLET + NOUN
cane, under-collar
PREP.
in, with
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noun
1
A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet).
How now, dame Partlett the hen?
noun
1
A covering for the neck and upper chest, originally worn by both sexes, but later especially by women to cover a low neckline.
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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How now, dame Partlett the hen?
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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 […]
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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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