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tipcat

[tip-kat]
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noun
  1. a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
  2. Also called pussy. the tapered piece of wood used in this game.
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Origin of tipcat

1670–80; tip4 + cat1
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Historical Examples

  • From Tipcat quick away I fly For fear they'll hit me in the eye.

    The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII.

    Various

  • In the middle of a game at tipcat he paused, and stood staring wildly upwards with his stick in his hand.

British Dictionary definitions for tipcat

tipcat

noun
  1. a game in which a short sharp-ended piece of wood (the cat) is tipped in the air with a stick
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