kit-cat

or kit-kat

[ kit-kat ]

/ ˈkɪtˌkæt /

noun

any of a series of half-length portraits of members of the Kit-Cat Club that were painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller between 1702 and 1717, measure almost uniformly 28 × 36 inches (71 × 91 cm), characteristically portray the head, upper torso, and hands, and are now in the National Gallery, London.

Words nearby kit-cat

kit and caboodle, kit bag, kit carson mountain, kit fox, kit out, kit-cat, kit-cat club, kit-kat, kit-kat club, kitagawa utamaro, kitaj

Examples from the Web for kit-cat

Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the galaxy, and all the toasts of the Kit-cat.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|Henry Fielding
Artists call portraits containing two-thirds of the figure Kit-cat size.
The Book of Cats|Charles H. Ross