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scarlet letter
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scarlet letter
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(Historical Terms) (esp among US Puritans) a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery
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Noun1.scarlet letter - the letter A in redscarlet letter - the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
allegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea


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