tipcat
Americannoun
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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.
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Also called pussy. the tapered piece of wood used in this game.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tipcat
1670–80; tip 4 + cat ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The four chief sins of which he was guilty were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat and reading the history of Sir Bevis of Southampton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
But the next minute flinging away dull care, he inquired briskly: "Can you play tipcat, Aunt Mary?"
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
As to sports and pastimes, the boys are faithfully exercised in all that are on record, quoits, races, prison-bars, tipcat, trap-ball, bandy-ball, wrestling, leaping, and what not.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving
The four chief sins of which he was guilty were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat, and reading the history of Sir Bevis of Southampton.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
As to sports and pastimes, the boys are faithfully exercised in all that are on record,—quoits, races, prison-bars, tipcat, trap-ball, bandy-ball, wrestling, leaping, and what not.
From Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving
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