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Battle-axe

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Noun

1. battle-ax, battle-axe

a sharp-tongued domineering wife

2. battle-ax, battle-axe

a broadax used as a weapon

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Battle-axe

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noun
1. 
(formerly) a large broad-headed axe
2. informal
an argumentative domineering woman

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Battle-axe

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n.
1. A heavy, typically broad-headed axe formerly used as a weapon.
2. Derogatory A woman considered to be overbearing.

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