tipcat
[tip-kat]
- 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.
- Also called pussy. the tapered piece of wood used in this game.
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Origin of tipcat
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From Tipcat quick away I fly For fear they'll hit me in the eye.
In the middle of a game at tipcat he paused, and stood staring wildly upwards with his stick in his hand.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4)Thomas Babington Macaulay
tipcat
- 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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