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cat-stick

cat-stick is the alternative spelling of catstick.

Meaning of catstick

Noun

catstick (usually uncountable, plural catsticks)

  1. (countable, usually) A stick or club used in the game of tipcat.
    • You, ſirrha; Sheepes-head, / VVith a face cut on a cat-ſticke, Doe you heare?c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii
  2. (usually) The game of tipcat.

Forms of cat-stick

pluralcat-sticks

Questions about cat-stick

What is cat-stick the alternative spelling of?
Cat-stick is the alternative spelling of catstick.

Words near cat-stick in the dictionary

  1. cat-scratch fever
  2. cat-shy
  3. cat-sit
  4. cat-sits
  5. cat-sitting
  6. cat-stick
  7. cat-sticks
  8. cat-tail sedge
  9. cat-tail sedges
  10. cat-trap
  11. cat-traps

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