marge
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marge1
< Middle French < Latin margō; margin
Origin of marge2
Shortened form
Example Sentences
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They've done it so many times that you're not even in the habit of checking there's milk and marge in the fridge, or bread in the cupboard.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
"Do you like wild strawberries?" she lilted, and she led him to a grassy marge where the fruit could be had for the plucking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mortal, mortal, come with me, When the moon is rising large, Through the wood or from the sea, Or by some lone river marge.
From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss
Dear heart, there is a secret way that leads Its paven length towards the river's marge, Where lies a shallop in the yellow reeds.
From Mosada A dramatic poem by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
The lines I have italicised, are those which then forcibly struck me as peculiarly fine, and to my memory have ‘kept as fixedly as rocky marge.’
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
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