See catty on Wiktionary
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[…] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared:", "text": "You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A catapult." ], "id": "en-catty-en-noun-fIhJhS5b", "links": [ [ "catapult", "catapult" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) A catapult." ], "related": [ { "word": "catty-corner" }, { "word": "catty-cornered" }, { "word": "catty-mount" } ], "tags": [ "slang" ] } ], "word": "catty" }
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[…] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared:", "text": "You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A catapult." ], "links": [ [ "catapult", "catapult" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) A catapult." ], "tags": [ "slang" ] } ], "word": "catty" }
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