Green’s Dictionary of Slang

old madge n.1

[note late 19C SE madge, a leaden hammer covered thickly with stout woollen cloth, used in solder plating]

a cudgel.

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[UK]Dryden Sir Martin Mar-all III i: By Coxbones, one Word more of all this Gibberish, and old Madge shall fly about your Ears.