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Where does “mỏ lết” come from?

mỏ lết (Vietnamese) comes from French clé à molette — adjustable spanner, monkey wrench.

mỏ lết (Vietnamese): an adjustable spanner

Definitions

  1. an adjustable spanner

Ancestry of “mỏ lết”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclé à moletteadjustable spanner, monkey wrench
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