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Origin of cat's whisker
First recorded in 1910ā15
Words nearby cat's whisker
CAT standard, catstick, catstitch, cat suit, catsup, cat's whisker, cat's whiskers, Catt, cat tackle, cattail, cattalo
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British Dictionary definitions for cat's whisker
cat's whisker
noun
a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
any wire used to make contact with a semiconductor
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