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cat-and-dog

[ kat-n-dawg, -dog ]

adjective

  1. continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive:

    cat-and-dog competition.

  2. Slang. (of a security) highly speculative and of questionable value.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cat-and-dog1

First recorded in 1570–80
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There was no time to change into better clothes, so I pulled my big wool coat over my cat-and-dog pajamas, and we tiptoed out of the house, careful not to make too much sound.

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“If you want to see a cat-and-dog fight, just let someone make a move on us,†Mr. Spoor said that June.

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“So I’m going to buy shares for $20 while you’re selling them to these cat-and-dog investors for $15?â€

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Cat-and-dog, used attributively for quarrelsome.—ns.

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War in the Argonne Forest was a cat-and-dog fight, and Germany was destined to play the cat's usual r�le, though she clawed her hardest.

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