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English
Etymology
From cat + stick.
Noun
catstick (usually uncountable, plural catsticks) (games)
- (countable) A stick or club used in the game of tipcat.
c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. , London: I B for Robert Allot, , published 1632, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:You, ſirrha; Sheepes-head, / VVith a face cut on a cat-ſticke, Doe you heare?
- (uncountable) The game of tipcat.
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