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单词 kit-cat
释义 kit-cat1 Now dial.|ˈkɪtkæt|
[Reduplicated from cat n., or with kit n.3]
The game of tip-cat.
1664Cotton Scarron. iv. Poet. Wks. (1734) 88 Then in his Hand he takes a thick Bat, With which he us'd to play at Kit-Cat.a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Kit-cat, a game played by three or more players. The cat is shaped like a double cone.
b. Comb. kit-cat-roll (see quot.), probably so called from the shape of the ‘cat’ in the game.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Kit-cat-roll, a bellied roller for land;..going in the furrow, and the roller acting on the sloping surface of the ridge on each side.
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