Packets

[pak-it]

pack·et

[pak-it]
noun
1.
a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
2.
Also called packet boat, packet ship. a small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, especially on rivers or along coasts.
3.
Cards. a part of a pack of cards after being cut.
4.
Informal. a large amount of money.
5.
British Slang.
a.
a painful blow or beating.
b.
misfortune or failure.
verb (used with object)
6.
to bind up in a package or parcel.

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Packets is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1520–30; < Middle French pacquet, equivalent to pacqu(er) to pack1 + -et -et


1. See package.

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