perttaunt like

perttaunt like
An obscure phrase in Shakespeare (Love's Labours Lost V.2.67), possibly meaning like a pair taunt or purtaunt, a double pair-royal
ORIGIN:pair1, and Fr tant so much, ie counting as much again as a pair-royal in post and pair

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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