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catties

  • plural
    of catty.
    catty
    adjective
    catlike; feline.

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One cat can yield four to five catties.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023

The company said it had accepted 860,000 catties of garlic in deals involving 30 homes.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022

The garlic promotion attracted 852 visits and 30 transactions involving 860,000 catties of garlic during the 16 days it was available, the advertisement said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022

Not even ten catties of gold, say refugees from Changchun, can buy an air ticket from the dying northeastern capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Province Wellesley—Trees in bearing, 1,073; not bearing, 6,566; produce in 1843, 1 picul, 13 catties; gross value 45 dollars.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds