Compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat Grose

Compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat Grose

Cat-sticks. Thin legs; compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat (Grose).

Catsup or ketchup. A corruption of the Eastern name of "Kitjap." Is then the syllable "cat" a pun on "kit" or "kitten" (a young cat)? Surely not.

Cattaria. Nepeta Cattaria. Mentha felina, the herb cat-mint.

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