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Word: Doublet
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French, ‘something folded’, also denoting a fur-lined coat, from double ‘double’
ˈdʌblɪt
a man's short close-fitting padded jacket, commonly worn from the 14th to the 17th century
Short Definition:(formerly) man's short jacket
Examples:- they were wearing red velvet doublets and hose
a pair of similar things, in particular two words of the same derivation but having different meanings, for example fashion and faction, cloak and clock.
Short Definition:pair of similar things
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