marge
noun
margin; edge.
marge
1 American
[mahrj]
/ mɑrdʒ /
noun
Archaic.
marge
2
American
[mahrj]
/ mɑrdʒ /
noun
Chiefly British Informal.
Marge
3
American
[mahrj]
/ mɑrdʒ /
noun
marge
1
British
/ mɑːdʒ /
noun
marge
2
British
/ mɑːdʒ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of marge1
< Middle French < Latin margō; see 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
The River was somewhat low when I dipped paddle in it, and the ooze at the marge was a continuous chronicle of woodland life.
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
Here and there, upon the river's brink, are pairs of what seem lovers, strolling by the reedy marge, or sitting upon the low tombs, in the Sabbath quiet.
From Shakespeare's England by William Winter
When by the stream, the birchen boughs Dark o'er the level marge were playing, The maiden of my secret vows I met, alone, and idly straying.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold
Two years ago, five mobile sea view lodges were built on the grounds of the Sea Marge Hotel at Overstrand, near Cromer.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
That’s right, Gunderson, the name made famous by that other Minnesota noir, the Coen brothers’ 1996 hit “Fargo,” for which Frances McDormand won an Oscar playing a very pregnant police chief, Marge Gunderson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
When it is feared that Santa’s Little Helper might have died and gone to doggie heaven, Marge pales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
Mr. Weasley, who worked at the Ministry of Magic, would of course have heard the whole story of what had happened to Aunt Marge.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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