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refrets

refrets is the plural of refret.

Meaning of refret

Noun

refret (plural refrets)

  1. (obsolete) A refrain.
    • Our old English term refrette, ‘the foote of the dittie, a verse often interlaced, or the burden of a song,’ was probably from refrain; or from refresteler, to pipe over again. […] ‘Refrain, the refret, burthen, or downe of a ballad.’ All this discussion is rendered necessary, because Steevens...1820, Samuel Weller Singer, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Prince of Denmark, page 136

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What is refrets the plural of?
Refrets is the plural of refret.

Words near refrets in the dictionary

  1. refreshment rooms
  2. Refreshment Sunday
  3. refreshments
  4. refresht
  5. refret
  6. refrets
  7. refretted
  8. refretting
  9. refrication
  10. refridgerate
  11. refridgerator

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