• (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club. • (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped...
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Kit'cat` adjective 1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from
Christopher Cat , a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.
2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inch...
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Kit'cat` noun A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a
cat , shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.
Cotton. Kitcat roll (Agriculture) ,
a roller somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base. [ Prov. Eng.]
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