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TartarVariant spelling of Tatar, member of a Turkic people now living mainly in the autonomous region of Tatarstan, Russia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Creakle had not preferred his claim to being a Tartar without reason; that he was the sternest and most severe of masters; that he laid about him, right and left, every day of his life, charging in among the boys like a trooper, and slashing away, unmercifully. Betteredge gave me one look at parting, which said, as if in so many words, "You have caught a Tartar, Mr. The color of the Indian, the writer believes, is peculiar to himself, and while his cheek-bones have a very striking indication of a Tartar origin, his eyes have not. |
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