Meanings
plural cathead biscuits
- USA large fluffy biscuit, typically served with gravy.
Her cathead biscuits were at least three inches in diameter and two inches thick. The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 6, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 36Synonyms: cathead
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large fluffy biscuit, typically served with gravy.
Origin
From cat + head + biscuit, apparently from the fact that the biscuit is similar in size to a cat’s head.
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