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let-out

[adj. let-out; n. let-out]
–adjective
1. (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
–noun
2. Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.

Origin:
1830–40; adj., n. use of v. phrase let out
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let-out   (lět'out')
n.   Chiefly British
A means of evasion or avoidance.
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