teg
Americannoun
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Animal Husbandry.
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a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
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the wool shorn from such a sheep.
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Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe.
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British Dialect. a yearling sheep.
noun
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a two-year-old sheep
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the fleece of a two-year-old sheep
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 George Washington Cable
It was about Penelop, the tylwyth teg, who married the farmer's boy.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Love to listen to his pleasant stories of foreign lands, ghosts and tylwith teg; but before him, deem it wise to be mum, quite mum.
From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Henry Borrow
Her words were scarcely audible: "I wand you teg kyah my lill' girl."
From Old Creole Days by George Washington Cable
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