Japan cat
Japan cat noun: a toast rack (“rack for holding toasted bread”).
Noun
Japan cat (plural Japan cats)
- A toast rack (“rack for holding toasted bread”).
- ["I]t was only last Christmas that I bought my Japan cat. / "Dear me," said Miss Jemima; "a Japan cat! that must be very curious. What sort of a creature is it?" / "Don't you know? Bless me, a thing with three legs, and holds toast! [...]"1853, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in “My Novel”; Or Varieties in English Life […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first...
Forms of Japan cat
| plural | Japan cats |
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Questions about Japan cat
- What does Japan cat mean?
- Japan cat means a toast rack (“rack for holding toasted bread”).
- What part of speech is Japan cat?
- Japan cat is a noun.
- What is the plural of Japan cat?
- The plural of Japan cat is Japan cats.
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