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pair
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couple
If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it. -
au pair
An au pair is a young person from a foreign country who lives with a family in order to learn the language and who helps to look after the children. -
pincers
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of). -
yoke
a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1). -
conjugate
When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order. -
doublet
a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.