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cat's cradles

cat's cradles is the plural of cat's cradle.

Meaning of cat's cradle

Noun

cat's cradle (countable and uncountable, plural cat's cradles)

  1. (uncountable) A children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers.
  2. (countable, idiomatic) Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.
    • There was the a risk that my research might reveal the original, rightful owner of an instrument, which could open up a cat's cradle of restitution claims.2020, Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, page 89

Questions about cat's cradles

What is cat's cradles the plural of?
Cat's cradles is the plural of cat's cradle.

Words near cat's cradles in the dictionary

  1. cat's breakfasts
  2. cat's chance in hell
  3. cat's claw
  4. cat's claws
  5. cat's cradle
  6. cat's cradles
  7. cat's ear
  8. cat's eye
  9. cat's eyes
  10. cat's game
  11. cat's love

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