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closed couplet

noun

a couplet that concludes with an end-stopped line.

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Compare open couplet.

Origin of closed couplet

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby closed couplet

closed-circuit television, closed comedo, closed community, closed cornice, closed corporation, closed couplet, closed cycle, closed dislocation, closed-door, closed drainage, closed ecosystem
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