cat-stick

A form of catstick — A stick or club used in the game of tipcat.

Meanings

nouncat-stick (countable and uncountable, plural cat-sticks)

plural cat-sticks

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of catstick.

    You, ſirrha; Sheepes-head, / VVith a face cut on a cat-ſticke, Doe you heare?

    c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii
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