catstick

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noun

A stick or club used in the game of tipcat.

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Meanings

nouncatstick (usually uncountable, plural catsticks)

plural catsticks · alternative cat-stick

  1. countableusuallygamesA stick or club used in the game of tipcat.

    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
  2. uncountableusuallygamesThe game of tipcat.

Origin

From cat + stick.

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APA

catstick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catstick

MLA

“catstick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catstick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catstick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catstick.

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