cat-and-dog
Americanadjective
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continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive.
cat-and-dog competition.
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Slang. (of a security) highly speculative and of questionable value.
Etymology
Origin of cat-and-dog
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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“If you want to see a cat-and-dog fight, just let someone make a move on us,” Mr. Spoor said that June.
From Washington Post
Now they lead a cat-and-dog life, Stimulating in the harassed life of the King because of his fellow feeling for poor Ubum.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no time to change into better clothes, so I pulled my big wool coat over my cat-and-dog pajamas, and we tiptoed out of the house, careful not to make too much sound.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
The mutual affection of these two animals is unbounded, and yet we hear human disagreements compared to cat-and-dog life!
From Chatterbox Stories of Natural History by Anonymous
I am perfectly certain that we should have led a cat-and-dog life if we had married.”
From Jacob's Ladder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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