Cat Match (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Cat Match

When a rook or cully is engaged amongst bad bowlers.

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

Cat Lap * Cat of nine Tails

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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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
Catch Club
Catch Fart
Catch Penny
Catch Pole