catso

plural catsos · plural catsoes

1. archaicA dishonest person; a rogue; a cheat.

   I’ll try experiments; ’tis good not to be deceived.—So so, catso! / Who would fear that may destroy?

   1877, John Webster, “The Malcontent”, in The Works of John Webster, page 358

   1 more example

   The remark stung Cattaraugus to the quick, and he called Catiline a catapult; this infuriated Catiline beyond endurance, and he threw down the gauntlet and called Cattaraugus a catso. No cat will stand that; so at it they went.

   1992 [1880], Mark Twain, “A Cat-Tale”, in Louis Budd, editor, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays