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 part·let /ˈpɑrtlət/

 Part·let 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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