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Webster 1913 Edition


Tipcat

Tip′catˊ

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Noun.
A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
In the middle of a game at
tipcat
, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
Macaulay.

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tipcat

tipcat

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  • tip-cat

Noun

tipcat (plural tipcats)

  1. An old game in which a small piece of wood, pointed at both ends, called a "cat", is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.
    In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay.
  2. The wooden stick used in this game.
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