According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
COUPLET
couplet
(noun) a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
(noun) two items of the same kind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
couplet (plural couplets)
(literature) A pair of lines with rhyming end words.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
Synonyms
• (streets): one-way pair
Anagrams
• octuple
Source: Wiktionary
Coup"let (-lt), n. Etym: [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n. ]
Definition: Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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