targe

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[tɑːdʒ], (Noun)

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Origin:
Old English targa, targe, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French targe


[tɑːdʒ], (Noun)

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- a formidably aggressive older woman
(e.g: she was an old targe of a schoolteacher)


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Origin:
late 19th century: from the verb targe ‘to reprimand, scold, beat’, of uncertain origin




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