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catsticks

catsticks is the plural 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.

Questions about catsticks

What is catsticks the plural of?
Catsticks is the plural of catstick.

Words near catsticks in the dictionary

  1. catstail
  2. catstails
  3. catstep
  4. catsteps
  5. catstick
  6. catsticks
  7. catstitch
  8. catstitched
  9. catstitcher
  10. catstitchers
  11. catstitches

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