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Is 'bookkeeper' the only English word with three consecutive repeated letters (not including other forms of that word such as bookkeeping)?

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It is not the only word of this kind, but it is the only one in which omission of the medial hyphen is a practical option, which it is not in, for example, hoof-footed or sweet-toothed.

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