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  • cat('s) paw
    [W3 different sp.] n. a prickly plant, Solarium didymanthum, with yellow berries: 1920 (Britton 384). (Black)
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  • catoonkle
    See CAPOONKLE
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  • catnip
    (White); capnit (Black); catnit (San Sal.) [cf. W3 catnip different genus] n. an aromatic plant, Salvia serotina, used medicinally: 1978
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  • cat mint
    [OED, common Brit, name for US catnip (Nepeta cataria)] n. a fragrant herb related to catnip: 1835 Nepeta coerulea .
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  • Cat Island
      [see 1888 quot. for etym.] n. a major island of the Bahamas, formerly called San Salva­dor: 1786 Columbus. .
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  • cat-gut(s)
    [cf. OED cat leap "Sault du Chat, the catleape; a certain Trickdone by Tumblers" 1611] n. a forward somersault: Jump
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  • cat-eyes
    [cf. Cam. pusi-ay eye of a mulatto or albino CCD and Jam. puss-eye albino Negro (the allusion is to the
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  • catchers' kisses
    also kissing catchers [cf. CATCHERS] n. a variation in the game of tag in which the catcher kisses the one
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  • catchers
    n. tag, a children's game: 1973 play catchers (Missick 5). (Exuma)
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  • cat boil
    [Car. idem, stye on the eyelid] n. a boil on any part of the body: She got two cat-boil--­one on
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