CAT'S-PAW


Meaning of CAT'S-PAW in English

noun (plural ~s) Date: circa 1769 a light air that ruffles the surface of the water in irregular patches during a calm, one used by another as a tool ; dupe , a hitch knot formed with two eyes for attaching a line to a hook

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