Partlet /pärtˈlit/

1. A proper name for a hen, from Chaucer's Pertelote in the Nun's Priest's Tale
2. Sometimes applied to a woman

partlet /pärtˈlit/ (obsolete)

1. Orig a collar or ruff
2. A woman's covering for the upper breast, neck and shoulders, often finished with a ruff or frill
3. A kind of shirt

• Queen's ware
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• queer-bashers
• queer-bashing
• queer cuffin
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• queer fish
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• queer someone's pitch
• Queer Street
• queer the pitch