ONE OLD CAT Definition & Meaning

one old cat

[ wuhn uh kat ]

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Games.

a form of baseball in which there is a home plate and one other base, and in which a player remains at bat and scores runs by hitting the ball and running to the base and back without being put out.

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An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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I stopped by a local humane society, which had only one old cat, Audrey Hepburn.

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Myself when young did much practise another loved ball game, "one old cat," a local favorite, perhaps a local name.

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“One Old Cat” and a slivered bat and shanks that scorned fatigue Were quite the whole equipment in the famous Laddies’ League.

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Barefoot children play one old cat and race their wagons down gently sloping sidewalks.

"Leap-frog" and "one old cat" were the favorites.

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