kit-cat

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English

 kit-cat portrait on Wikipedia
Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Kneller's kit-cat portrait

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Etymology

So called because the size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of London's 18th-century Kit-Cat Club, said to have been named after innkeeper Christopher Catt.

Noun

kit-cat (plural kit-cats)

  1. (historical, art) A short portrait, measuring 28 or 29 by 36 inches, less than half-length, but including the hands.

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