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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: tarte;
Sense: 2-3
Origin: probably partly from sweetheart

tart

1 noun
     
tart
tart1
1 [uncountable and countable]DF a pie without a top on it, containing something sweet
2 [countable] informal an insulting word for a woman who you think is too willing to have sex
3 [countable] informal a prostitute
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