 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 стор.
...country fellows, vain of their ftrength; by laying a wager with them, that they maybe pulled th rough a pond by a cat; the bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waift of the party to be catted, and the end thrown acrofs the pond, to which the cat is, alfo fattened... | |
 | 1808 - 646 стор.
...Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, which 1 did not notice "till lately -.— " Whipping the Hat, a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows,...their strength, by laying a wager with them that they ii.ay I»L- pulled through a pond by a cats the bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waist ot... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 стор.
...spring on them. CAT STICKS. Thin legs, compared to sticks with which boys play at cat. See TRAPSTICKS. CAT WHIPPING, or WHIPPING THE CAT. A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows,vain of their strength, by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a popd... | |
 | Francis Grose, Pierce Egan - 1823 - 342 стор.
...sleep; cats often counterfeiting sleep, to decoy their prey near them, and then suddenly spring on them. CAT WHIPPING, or WHIPPING THE CAT. A trick often practised...through a pond by a cat. The bet being made, a rope u fixed round the waist of the party to be catted, and the end thrown across the pond, to which the... | |
 | 1903 - 664 стор.
...seems to afford a satisfactory explanation of the phrase in question. " Whipping the cat," says Grose, "a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows,...round the waist of the party to be catted, and the rope thrown across the pond, to which the cat is also fastened by a pack-thread, and three or four... | |
 | 1888 - 558 стор.
...MURRAY will find this fully described in Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,' iv : — "Cat Whipping, or Whipping the Cat, a trick often...strength ; by laying a wager with them, that they m»yw pulled through a pond by a cat : the bet being made, i rope ii fixed round the waist of the party... | |
 | John Stephen Farmer - 1904 - 396 стор.
...cursedly inclined to SHOOT THE CAT. 4. (old). — To indulge in practical jokes : spec. ( SE and GROSE) ' a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows,...wager with them, that they may be PULLED THROUGH A I'ONI) BY A CAT ; the bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted, and... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1909 - 1116 стор.
...certain practical joke formerly practised on country louts. Grose (1785) describes it as "the laying of a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat ; the !>ct being made, a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted, and the end thrown across... | |
 | 1888 - 670 стор.
...MURRAY will find this fully described in Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,' iv : — " Cat Whipping, or Whipping the Cat, a trick often practised...them, that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat : tbe bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted, and the end thrown... | |
 | 1903 - 520 стор.
...is certainly a "pastime," which tailoring work is not. Albrighton, too, is not in or near Wales. JEA Whipping the Cat, a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows. vain of their etreugth, by laying a wager wiih them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat; ihe bet being... | |
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WHIPPING THE CAT, a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength ; by laying a wager with them, that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat ; the bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted.... 