A number of IE languages show a tendency to haplologize sequences of the type *-sVs- to *-s-,

Next day he walked to St James's Palace to be presented to his godfather, the famously rude King George II, who 'rumped' him (turned his back on him) without a word. Hervey's successes at sea had not dispelled the displeasure caused by ...

We must relocalize the food supply.

a horseproof fence or gate