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.

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poult¹ (pəʊlt)

—n
	the young of a gallinaceous bird, esp of domestic fowl

[C15: syncopated variant of pouletpullet]

poult² (pʊlt)

—n
	Also called: poult-de-soie a fine plain-weave fabric of silk, rayon, nylon, etc, with slight ribs across it

[C20: from French; of unknown origin; compare paduasoy]

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