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CALLET
Etymology
Noun
callet (plural callets)
(obsolete) A trull or prostitute.
(obsolete) A scold or gossip.
Verb
callet (third-person singular simple present callets, present participle calleting, simple past and past participle calleted)
(obsolete) To rail or scold.
Anagrams
• allect, lectal
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"let, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.]
Definition: A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]
Cal"let v. i.
Definition: To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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