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cathead biscuits

cathead biscuits is the plural of cathead biscuit.

Meaning of cathead biscuit

Noun

cathead biscuit (plural cathead biscuits)

  1. (US) A large fluffy biscuit, typically served with gravy.
    • Her cathead biscuits were at least three inches in diameter and two inches thick. The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 6, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 36
    Synonyms:
    cathead

Questions about cathead biscuits

What is cathead biscuits the plural of?
Cathead biscuits is the plural of cathead biscuit.

Words near cathead biscuits in the dictionary

  1. Cathays
  2. Cathcart
  3. Cathcarts
  4. cathead
  5. cathead biscuit
  6. cathead biscuits
  7. catheaded
  8. catheading
  9. catheads
  10. cathecholamine
  11. cathecolaminergic

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