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catlicker

catlicker noun: a Catholic person.

Noun

catlicker (plural catlickers)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) A Catholic person.
    • Well, I was in that game. And we were playing the game and we'd fall over on their side, and they'd kick us and they'd shout at us that we were Mexicans and catlickers. That was what they called a Catholic.2010, José Inez Taylor, James M. Taggart, Alex and the Hobo: A Chicano Life and Story, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 106

Forms of catlicker

pluralcatlickers
alternative formCatlicker

Origin of catlicker

Compound of cat + licker, phonetically similar to Catholic.

Questions about catlicker

What does catlicker mean?
Catlicker means a Catholic person.
What part of speech is catlicker?
Catlicker is a noun.
What is the plural of catlicker?
The plural of catlicker is catlickers.

Words near catlicker in the dictionary

  1. Catlett
  2. Catlettsburg
  3. Catley
  4. Catleys
  5. Catlick
  6. catlicker
  7. catlickers
  8. Catlicks
  9. catlike
  10. catlikeness
  11. catlin

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