targer Sc.
(ˈtɑːdʒə(r))
Also tairger, terjer.
[f. targe v.3 + -er1.]
One who targes; a termagant; a scold.
| 1822 Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 104 Where is the targer? 1886 Murdoch Sc. Readings Ser. ii. 59 Happily rid o' his awfu' terjer o' a mither-in-law. 1899 Crockett Kit Kennedy xxix, O, she's a tairger. |