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teg

American  
[teg] / tɛg /
Or tegg

noun

  1. Animal Husbandry.

    1. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.

    2. the wool shorn from such a sheep.

  2. Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe.

  3. British Dialect. a yearling sheep.


teg British  
/ tɛɡ /

noun

  1. a two-year-old sheep

  2. the fleece of a two-year-old sheep

"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

Etymology

Origin of teg

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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Ass yw teg an gwel Fatel wrav vy mos dhe'n gwerthjiow?

From BBC • May 30, 2012

The landlord hesitated, looked around him, seemed about to speak, smiled, and said, in his soft, solemn voice, feeling his way word by word through the unfamiliar language: "Ah lag to teg you apar'."

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

A roist ofal i’m calon, A brâth o hiraeth i’m bron: Ni wyr un ar a anwyd A roist o gur, os teg wyd; Enwa anhunedd yn henaint A yr wyn fyth yr un faint.

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

Anial yw f’ ol, canmoleg, Nid twym yw fy neudroed teg, Yn bwhwman gan annwyd Cylch drws dy dŷ, Lleucu Llwyd!

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

"Reckon he don't know a teg from a tup," said Furnese.

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

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