Partlet (n.)
traditional name for a hen [Pertelote], as in Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale'
1H4 III.iii.51[Falstaff to Hostess] How now, dame Partlet the hen
WT II.iii.75[Leontes to Antigonus, of Paulina] thou art woman-tired, unroosted / By thy Dame Partlet here
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