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Brewer's: Cat-call
A kind of whistle used at theatres by the audience to express displeasure or impatience. A hideous noise like the call or waul of a cat. “I was very much surprised with the great consort…Brewer's: Cat and Dog
To live a cat and dog life. To be always snarling and quarrelling, as a cat and dog, whose aversion to each other is intense. “There will be jealousies, and a cat-and-dog life over yonder…Brewer's: Cat-eyed
Able to see in the dark. Cat's eye is an opalescent mineral gem. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat JumpsCat-call A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Cat and Fiddle
a public-house sign, is a corruption of Caton le fidele, meaning Caton, Governor of Calais. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat and KittensCat and Dog A B…Brewer's: Cat Jumps
(The). See how the cat jumps, “which way the wind blows”; which of two alternatives is likely to be the successful one before you give any opinion of its merit or adhesion to it, either…Brewer's: Cat and Kittens
A public-house sign, alluding to the pewter-pots so called. Stealing these pots is termed “Cat and kitten sneaking.” We still call a large kettle a kitchen, and speak of a soldier's kit (…Brewer's: Cat-lap
Milk or weak tea, only fit for the cat to lap. “A more accomplished old woman never drank cat-lap.” —Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xii. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Cat Proverbs
A cat has nine lives. A cat is more tenacious of life than other animals, because it generally lights upon its feet without injury, the foot and toes being padded so as to break the fall…Brewer's: Cat Stane
Battle stone. A monolith in Scotland (sometimes wrongly called a Druidical stone). The Norwegian term, bauta stein, means the same thing. (Celtic, cath, battle.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Cat and Tortoise
or Boar and Sow. Names given to the testudo. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat has nine LivesCat and Kittens A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Trending
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