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pal·let2  audio  (plt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A narrow hard bed or straw-filled mattress.
  2. Chiefly Southern U.S. A temporary bed made from bedding arranged on the floor, especially for a child.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman, bundle of straw, from paille, straw, from Late Latin palea ; see paillasse


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