kit-catn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɪtkat/, U.S.

/ˈkɪtˌkæt/

Etymology: Reduplicated < cat n.¹, or with kit n.³

Now dialect.

The game of tip-cat.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun]

cat's-pellet1609

trippet1624

cat1626

kit-cat1665

cat's-play1668

tipcat1801

cat and dog1808

piggy1862

piggy-and-stick1932

kennetjie1947

1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 49 Then in his hand he takes a thick Bat, With which he us'd to play at Kit cat.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kit-cat, a game played by three or more players. The cat is shaped like a double cone.

Compounds

kit-cat-roll n. see quot. a1825; probably so called from the shape of the ‘cat’ in the game.

ΚΠ

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Kit-catn.²

Brit.

/ˈkɪtkat/, U.S.

/ˈkɪtˌkæt/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s kit-kat.

Etymology: < Kit (= Christopher) Cat or Catling, the keeper of the pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met.

a. attributive with Club: A club of Whig politicians and men of letters founded in the reign of James II.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Kit-Cat Club

Kit-cat1705

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 6 Dec. (O.H.S.) I. 116 The Kit Cat Club came to have it's Name from one Christopher Catling. [Note a Pudding Pye man.]

1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg 31 Your Kit-Cat Clubs, Calf's-Head Clubs, Junto's, and other infernal Cabals.

1821 (title) Portrait and Memoirs of the Celebrated Persons composing the Kit-Cat Club.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. vi. 214 That evening we were engaged at the Kit-Cat Club.

b. absol. in same sense.

ΚΠ

1704 W. Shippen Faction Display'd 15 I am the founder of your lov'd Kit-Kat, A Club that gave Direction to the State.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 349 The Kit Cat, and the Toasters, Did never care a Fig.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. ii. 8 Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the gallaxy, and all the Toasts of the Kit-cat.

attributive.1708 R. Blackmore Kit-cats 5 Hence did th' Assembly's Title first arise, And Kit-Cat Wits spring first from Kit-Cat's Pyes.

c. A member of this club.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Kit-Cat Club > member of

Kit-cat1704

1704 W. Shippen Faction Display'd 14 Tosters, Kit-Kats, Divines, Buffoons and Wits.

1709 M. Astell Bart'lemy Fair Ded. 3 To the most Illustrious Society of the Kit-Cats.

1883 Harper's Mag. July 181/2 The Kit-Kats were the greatest gentlemen of the day.

a. attributive with size, portrait, etc.: A particular size of portrait, less than half-length, but including the hands.Said to have been so called because the dining-room of the club at Barn Elms was hung with portraits of the members and was too low for half-size portraits.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > portrait-painting > full-length, half-length, etc.

three-quarter1713

half-lengtha1739

Kit-cat1754

head-and-shoulders1822

1754 A. Drummond Travels i. 31 There is..a kit-cat size of St. Ignatius holding a crucifix.

1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 10 Here is another picture..a kit-cat length of Sir Roger Mostyn.

1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World II. i. 4 It was a kit-kat picture of a lad in undress uniform.

b. absol. in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > half-length, full-length, etc.

half-length1699

full length1740

Kit-cat1800

head-and-shoulders1868

1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. 534 (note) The canvas for a Kit-kat is thirty-six inches long, and twenty-eight wide.

1840 Polytechnic Jrnl. 2 322 The portraits..will be of the proportion of what is termed a Kit-Kat.

1883 D. C. Murray Hearts I. 92 All the portraits in the Shire Hall are Kit-cats.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 427 As Virgil did with his verses, leaving some half lengths, others kit-cat.

1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. 144 I destroyed the Kit-cat or bust at least of the letter I had meant to have sent you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kit-cat
释义	kit-catn.¹ Brit. /ˈkɪtkat/, U.S. /ˈkɪtˌkæt/ Etymology: Reduplicated < cat n.¹, or with kit n.³ Now dialect. The game of tip-cat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 49 Then in his hand he takes a thick Bat, With which he us'd to play at Kit cat. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kit-cat, a game played by three or more players. The cat is shaped like a double cone. Compounds kit-cat-roll n. see quot. a1825; probably so called from the shape of the ‘cat’ in the game. ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Kit-catn.² Brit. /ˈkɪtkat/, U.S. /ˈkɪtˌkæt/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s kit-kat. Etymology: < Kit (= Christopher) Cat or Catling, the keeper of the pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met. 1. a. attributive with Club: A club of Whig politicians and men of letters founded in the reign of James II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Kit-Cat Club Kit-cat1705 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 6 Dec. (O.H.S.) I. 116 The Kit Cat Club came to have it's Name from one Christopher Catling. [Note a Pudding Pye man.] 1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg 31 Your Kit-Cat Clubs, Calf's-Head Clubs, Junto's, and other infernal Cabals. 1821 (title) Portrait and Memoirs of the Celebrated Persons composing the Kit-Cat Club. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. vi. 214 That evening we were engaged at the Kit-Cat Club. b. absol. in same sense. ΚΠ 1704 W. Shippen Faction Display'd 15 I am the founder of your lov'd Kit-Kat, A Club that gave Direction to the State. 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 349 The Kit Cat, and the Toasters, Did never care a Fig. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. ii. 8 Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the gallaxy, and all the Toasts of the Kit-cat. attributive.1708 R. Blackmore Kit-cats 5 Hence did th' Assembly's Title first arise, And Kit-Cat Wits spring first from Kit-Cat's Pyes. c. A member of this club. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Kit-Cat Club > member of Kit-cat1704 1704 W. Shippen Faction Display'd 14 Tosters, Kit-Kats, Divines, Buffoons and Wits. 1709 M. Astell Bart'lemy Fair Ded. 3 To the most Illustrious Society of the Kit-Cats. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 181/2 The Kit-Kats were the greatest gentlemen of the day. 2. a. attributive with size, portrait, etc.: A particular size of portrait, less than half-length, but including the hands.Said to have been so called because the dining-room of the club at Barn Elms was hung with portraits of the members and was too low for half-size portraits. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > portrait-painting > full-length, half-length, etc. three-quarter1713 half-lengtha1739 Kit-cat1754 head-and-shoulders1822 1754 A. Drummond Travels i. 31 There is..a kit-cat size of St. Ignatius holding a crucifix. 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 10 Here is another picture..a kit-cat length of Sir Roger Mostyn. 1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World II. i. 4 It was a kit-kat picture of a lad in undress uniform. b. absol. in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > half-length, full-length, etc. half-length1699 full length1740 Kit-cat1800 head-and-shoulders1868 1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. 534 (note) The canvas for a Kit-kat is thirty-six inches long, and twenty-eight wide. 1840 Polytechnic Jrnl. 2 322 The portraits..will be of the proportion of what is termed a Kit-Kat. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts I. 92 All the portraits in the Shire Hall are Kit-cats. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 427 As Virgil did with his verses, leaving some half lengths, others kit-cat. 1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. 144 I destroyed the Kit-cat or bust at least of the letter I had meant to have sent you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1665n.²1704
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Compounds

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