marge1
/mɑːdʒ
/noun [mass noun] British informal
Margarine.On the tables were fluffy white caraway seed bread and marge....
- One of my mum's specialities was bread pudding - not bread and butter pudding - made with stale bread, which we couldn't afford to waste, soaked in milk and then mixed with fruit, spices, sugar and marge, so it was sort of spicy.
- There was a plate with two slices of bread and a knob of marge.
Origin
1920s: abbreviation.
Rhymes
marge2
/mɑːdʒ/noun literary
A margin or edge.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from French, from Latin margo 'margin'.