kit-cat

noun

variants or kit-kat

ˈkitˌkat

usually capitalized K&C or both Ks : a member of an early 18th century London club of Whig politicians and men of letters

[probably so called from the portraits hung in a dining room of the Kit-cat club whose low ceiling made the smaller size necessary] : a portrait of less than half length but including the hands

some thirty major portraits hanging on the walls, besides kit-cats, heads, sketches … and all the lesser oddities of a collection many years in the making

Clemence Dane

Word History

Etymology

after Kit (Christopher) Cat or Catling, 18th century English keeper of the tavern where the club originally met

单词	kit-cat
释义	kit-cat noun variants or kit-kat ˈkitˌkat 1 usually capitalized K&C or both Ks : a member of an early 18th century London club of Whig politicians and men of letters 2 [probably so called from the portraits hung in a dining room of the Kit-cat club whose low ceiling made the smaller size necessary] : a portrait of less than half length but including the hands some thirty major portraits hanging on the walls, besides kit-cats, heads, sketches … and all the lesser oddities of a collection many years in the making Clemence Dane Word History Etymology after Kit (Christopher) Cat or Catling, 18th century English keeper of the tavern where the club originally met
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