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English Dictionary: couplet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
couplet
n
  1. two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
  2. a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Couplet \Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See
      {Couple}, n. ]
      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.
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