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old cat

old cat noun: a traditional game resembling baseball.

Noun

old cat (uncountable)

  1. A traditional game resembling baseball.
    • Boys had played "old cat" all over the country for forty years before the Knickerbockers ever thought of forming themselves into a club and making rules for the government of the sport.1907, Mind and Body: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Physical Education, page 319
    • The game of old cat could be modified to fit almost any number of players: from one-old-cat, which had two bases and one striker, to four-old-cat, which had four bases and four strikers.2017, Martin C. Babicz, Thomas W. Zeiler, National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball, page 4

Questions about old cat

What does old cat mean?
Old cat means a traditional game resembling baseball.
What part of speech is old cat?
Old cat is a noun.

Words near old cat in the dictionary

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  2. Old Bulatukan
  3. Old Bulgarian
  4. Old Capitol Site
  5. Old Castile
  6. old cat
  7. Old Catalan
  8. Old Catholic
  9. Old Catholic Church
  10. Old Catholics
  11. Old Catton

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