Cat in Pan (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Cat in Pan

To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Cat harping Fashion * Cat’s Foot

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Caster
Castor
Casting up one’s Accounts
Cat
Cat-Heads
To Cat
Cat and Bagpipean Society
Cat Call
Cat harping Fashion
Cat in Pan
Cat’s Foot
Cat Lap
Cat Match
Cat of nine Tails
Cat’s Paw
Cat’s Sleep
Cat Sticks
Cat whipping
Catamaran
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