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• n  a broadax used as a weapon
• n  a sharp-tongued domineering wife

• In Hotel Paradiso Bert Lahr is married to a battle-ax, and somehow gets out from under her thumb to seek sin with a beautiful blonde lady.
• Blandings Castle is the scene; present are Lord Emsworth, who resembles a heap of old clothes in the moonlight, his prize pig, his battle-ax of a sister and various featherbrained .
• It is with another teacher, Barbara (Judi Dench), who is their school's battle-ax--cruel disciplinarian, cynical commentator on the hopelessness of its lower-class student body and .

• battle-axe

News & Articles

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• Security: Leave throwing stars at home
  Costumes have long been a staple of the Comic-Con experience, but it’s not just a battle-ax-swinging free-for-all.
  July 18, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Matthew Broderick in New York Times
  You would think that Trixie Norton would be some kind of battle-ax in person, but Joyce is so elegant and thin and pretty,the actor Matthew Broderick said later, when asked about his first meeting with Miss Randolph a few years back.