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Fettle

[fedl]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Late Middle English, 1300s

1.

Condition.

Examples of Fettle in a sentence

"Despite being over a decade old, the biplane remained in fine fettle."

"Mark had experience with repairing manual vehicles from keeping his own vintage cars in good fettle."

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