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teg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɛɡ/
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Etymology

First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

Meanings

1. (UK, dated, dialectal) A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
   • One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill. 1573, Priory of Hexham:
2. (UK, dated, dialectal) A doe in its second year.
3. (UK) A child's tooth.
   • TEG [tɛɡ] - tooth (child's). 1977, Jeremy G. Storr, Survey of the Dialect of Selston in the Erewash Valley, page 158:

Forms

Synonyms

pug