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Madge

//mæd͡ʒ// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Margaret or, rarely, Madonna.

    "Fie upon Caroline, Madge, Amelia - / These I reckon the essence of prose!"

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. 4
    The vulva. obsolete, slang

    "SALLY, who began to be tir'd with her Canonis'd Suitor, drew up the Curtain, alias her Hoop-Petticoat, &c. and clapping her Hand upon Madge, said, Ecce Signum, Doctor. This is my only Support, and I hope will continue so to my Life's End."

Noun
  1. 1
    The barn owl.
  2. 2
    The magpie.

Etymology

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