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[muh-til-duh]

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noun Australian.

swag² (def. 2).

Origin:
1890–95; special use of proper name Matilda

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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noun

Also called Maud. 1102–67, empress of the Holy Roman Empire 1114–25; queen of England 1141 (daughter of Henry I of England).

Military. a 26¹/₂-ton British tank of early World War II, having a crew of four and armed with a 40mm gun.

Also, Ma·til·de

[muh-til-duh; Fr. ma-teeld; It. mah-teel-de] . a female given name.

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Matilda¹ (məˈtɪldə)

—n
1.	a bushman's swag
2.	waltz Matilda, walk Matilda to travel the road carrying one's swag

[C20: from the Christian name]

Matilda² (məˈtɪldə)

—n
	known as the Empress Maud. 1102--67, only daughter of Henry I of England and wife of Geoffrey of Anjou. After her father's death (1135) she unsuccessfully waged a civil war with Stephen for the English throne; her son succeeded as Henry II

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Matilda

fem. proper name, from Fr. Mathilde, of Gmc. origin, lit. "mighty in battle," cf. O.H.G. Mahthilda, from mahti "might, power" + hildi "battle."

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