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hellcat

[ hel-kat ]

noun

  1. a bad-tempered, spiteful, woman; shrew.
  2. a woman with magic powers derived from evil sources; witch.


hellcat

/ ˈɛˌæ /

noun

  1. a spiteful fierce-tempered woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of hellcat1

First recorded in 1595–1605; hell + cat ( def )
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On the Dutton Ranch strong men are just strong men, but strong women are grizzled war-torn hellcats which, especially in the fifth season, often reads as just "crazy" rather than strong.

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That charge was hard to sustain against Rosalie Edge, the conservation movement’s “hellcat.”

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And there was no love lost between Mary Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln’s chief counselors, John Hay and John Nicolay, who referred to her as “the hellcat” behind her back.

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In the second act, at Café Momus, the hellcat Musetta doesn’t just flirt with the crowd but pulls off her underwear and throws it; she and her estranged lover, Marcello, boisterously kiss the same woman.

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Cincinnati did not flop, Davis said, because on Dec. 20, when Cronin stepped down, he declared to his players that they would still be ambitious hellcats of defense and rebounding.

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