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roaring meg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
roar-ing meg
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9.

noun

Any large or impressive thing.

Archaic

noun

A kind of spinning top.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

Roaring Megs (plural)

Questions

What does roaring meg mean?
A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9.

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