Both Uses of
tartar
in
Great Expectations
- She's a Tartar."†
Chpt 22
- And Herbert had seen him as a predatory Tartar of comic propensities, with a face like a red brick, and an outrageous hat all over bells.†
Chpt 47 *
Definition:
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(tartar as in: tartar on the teeth) calcified deposits on the teeth, formed by the continuous presence of dental plaque (also called calculous)