What does partlet mean?
Partlet means (now rare, archaic) A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet)..
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/ˈpɑːtlət/ · noun
(now rare, archaic) A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet)..
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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Partlet means (now rare, archaic) A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How now, dame Partlett the hen?
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