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Kilkenny cats

Kilkenny cats is the plural of Kilkenny cat.

Meaning of Kilkenny cat

Noun

Kilkenny cat (plural Kilkenny cats)

  1. A tenacious fighter.
    • Yet for my father the war was a source of considerable inner conflict; much as he detested Nazism he was psychologically incapable of desiring a British victory. (Very likely his secret wish was that Germany and Britain should do a Kilkenny cat act.1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 66

Questions about Kilkenny cats

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

Words near Kilkenny cats in the dictionary

  1. Kiliyang
  2. kilk
  3. Kilkee
  4. Kilkenny
  5. Kilkenny cat
  6. Kilkenny cats
  7. Kilker
  8. Kilkers
  9. Kilkiling
  10. kill
  11. kill bit

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