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Japan cats

Japan cats is the plural of Japan cat.

Meaning of Japan cat

Noun

Japan cat (plural Japan cats)

  1. (dated) 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...

Questions about Japan cats

What is Japan cats the plural of?
Japan cats is the plural of Japan cat.

Words near Japan cats in the dictionary

  1. japaluras
  2. japamala
  3. japamalas
  4. japan
  5. Japan cat
  6. Japan cats
  7. Japan cedar
  8. Japan cedars
  9. Japan clover
  10. Japan Current
  11. Japan earth

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