Usage of "catch a tartar"

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Usage of catch a tartar in English

And instead of catching an heiress, they caught a Tartar, that's all! 
 Capitola the Madcap 

In my opinion, the pirates will find that they have caught a tartar. 
 A Voyage round the World / A book for boys 

Reckless Reginald soon found he had caught a Tartar in his new master. 
 A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day 

But the man caught a Tartar, and was himself taken ashore as prisoner. 
 Journal of an African Cruiser / Comprising Sketches of the Canar... 

Well, if they had caught a tartar, it served him, Nelson Langmaid, right. 
 The Inside of the Cup — Volume 05 

I wonder if he thinks by this time he has caught a Tartar?' 
 Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife 

We've caught a tartar this time, and no mistake.-Steady ,mylads! 
 At the Point of the Sword 

Finding he had caught a Tartar, Jones did the only thing left to him. 
 Dewey and Other Naval Commanders 

He soon found, however, that he had caught a Tartar. 
 Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication 

Caught a Tartar, did you, and he pulled you in? 
 The Outdoor Chums; Or, The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera... 

Some of M'yonga's men who had plundered Grant now " caught a Tartar." 
 The Discovery of the Source of the Nile 

However, the fellow caught a Tartar on this occasion. 
 Sketches From My Life / By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha 

Here Bronson saw that he had caught a tartar. 
 The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana 

Sometimes, however, he caught a Tartar to his cost. 
 Hurricane Hurry 

I hope they may, that we may show them that they have caught a Tartar. 
 Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh... 

They go for a Reporter And Catch a Tartar! 
 The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 

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Meanings of catch a tartar in English