partlet

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A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.

A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Similarly, Mrs. Partlet in The Sorcerer transformed into Little Buttercup in Pinafore, then into Ruth, the piratical maid-of-all-work in Pirates. Source: Internet

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