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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To catch a tartar (0.00952 detik)
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Definition: To catch a tartar
Tartar
\Tar"tar\, n.
1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or
inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of
numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin,
inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
correctly but less usually,
Tatar.
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2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
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To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
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