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aitch

 noun
     
aitch plural aitches [uncountable and countable]
the letter H when written as a word not a letter
drop your aitches (=not pronounce the letter H at the beginning of words)
People with Cockney accents tend to drop their aitches.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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