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cat's melody

cat's melody noun: a cacophony.

Noun

cat's melody (plural cat's melodies)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, dated) A cacophony.
    • The wife within is sending the curses thick and heavy on me, and the childre's playing the cat's melody to keep her in comfort.1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea)
    • You vegetable cat's melody!
      Your Concert Miaulant is
      A triumph o' discord shairly1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

Forms of cat's melody

pluralcat's melodies

Questions about cat's melody

What does cat's melody mean?
Cat's melody means a cacophony.
What part of speech is cat's melody?
Cat's melody is a noun.
What is the plural of cat's melody?
The plural of cat's melody is cat's melodies.

Words near cat's melody in the dictionary

  1. cat's eyes
  2. cat's game
  3. cat's love
  4. cat's meat
  5. cat's melodies
  6. cat's melody
  7. cat's meow
  8. cat's paw
  9. cat's paws
  10. cat's silver
  11. cat's tongue

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