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marg

1 American  
[mahrg] / mɑrg /

noun

margs plural
  1. an informal variant form of margarita, the cocktail drink.


marg. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. margin.

  2. marginal.


marg British  
/ mɑːdʒ /

noun

  1. informal short for margarine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of marg

First recorded in 1995–2000; by shortening

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The best way to make a spicy marg mind its manners will depend on just how much of a hothead you are.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2023

The spicy marg is a drink that, done well, is everything I want in warmer weather.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2023

This is what I always say: She’s at the taqueria, she’s having a marg, and all of a sudden, this guy comes over and he’s like, “I have a cure for cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2022

To serve, pile the quinoa on a large serving platter, then top with the seared tofu and spoon the jeow marg len or chile-garlic sauce over the top.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2020

The lower golf-greens resemble paddy-fields, and round the marg the spires of dull grey pines stand dripping in a steadfast shower-bath.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

In marg. in another hand.313.If he lived so many days, he should have carried from that place and examined, etc.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

In marg. in yet another hand.314.And got to some friends' houses, where they lived safe for a month or more, but afterwards were discovered and taken.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

In marg. in another hand.487.And he gloried in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom is his salvation, life, and resurrection, by Whom he is saved and delivered.488.Dinner.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

Among the handful of truly standout margs I've had, one peculiar version looms large.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2021

There have been many picnics lately, the little glades or margs, which are frequent in the forest slopes, being ideal places of rendezvous for merrymakers on horse or foot.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

No empty sardine-tins, nor untidy scraps of paper, mar the clean and lonely margs or village camping-grounds.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

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