cat-o'-mountain
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He come back, boss; said he'd been fightin' with a cat-o'-mountain!
From Parnassus on Wheels by Morley, Christopher
The Spring of the new Year sees Spain invaded: and redoubts are carried, and Passes and Heights of the most scarped description; Spanish Field-officerism struck mute at such cat-o'-mountain spirit, the cannon forgetting to fire.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
"That cat-o'-mountain chase ye, boy?" the hermit asked, sharply.
From Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods by Emerson, Alice B.
"Haven't heard a cat-o'-mountain around here this winter," he said, as they started up the hill.
From Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods by Emerson, Alice B.
Boisterous outlaws also, with huge whiskers and the most cat-o'-mountain aspect; tear-stained sentimentalists, the grimmest man-haters, ghosts and the like suspicious characters will be found in abundance.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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