Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KIT'-CAT
KIT'-CAT, n.
A term applied to a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies; applied also to a portrait three-fourths less than a half length, placed in the club-room. – Chalmers.
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