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singleton (iou)



singleton noun & adjective. L19.
[from SINGLE adjective + -TON. Cf. SIMPLETON.]
A. noun.
gen. A single person or thing. L19.
S. Middleton It had stood at the back of an ugly china cabinet..a singleton.
In bridge etc., the only card of a suit in a hand. L19.
Bibliography. A single leaf not part of a conjugate pair. M20.
a. A child or animal of a single as opp. to a multiple birth. M20.
Contact Twin children were six months behind singletons in speech development.
b. An only child; an unmarried person. M20.
Helen Fielding Head is full of moony fantasies about..being trendy Smug Married instead of sheepish Singleton.
Linguistics. A word unrelated to others in a language. M20.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating a singleton. L19.
Bridge Magazine Flint held a singleton King of clubs. Nursing Times Usually a singleton conception, but..rarely..accompanied by a normal twin.