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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A party of revellers in black and red velvet doublets and hose ran down the arcade, showering everyone with confetti.
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Benjamin insisted that we shave, wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall.
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He was a wealthy man these days, and dressed in doublet and hose with a gold chain round his neck.
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The doublet of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin are simple in form.
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The high velvet shoulder of his doublet smelt musty as though it had been lying in a trunk for centuries.
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The one at lower energy is a sharp doublet with essentially no progression, just one pair of weak satellites.
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Thus each double helix becomes two double helices, with the two new doublets remaining joined at the centromere.
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You know the type, with their tight hose, protruding codpieces, puffed doublets and short cloaks.