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Catty

noun

Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams). Synonym: cattie.

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"Catty" Quotes from Famous Books

... a Wesleyan; and her niece Catty was a Wesleyan. Catty marched round and round the kitchen table with the dish-cloth, drying the plates ...

— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair

... those two for running-mates anywhere," Ralph said in private to Honey. "I wish I had a dollar bill for every time I've met up with that combination, one simple, devoted, self-sacrificing, the other selfish, calculating, catty." ...

— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore

... she'd heard that he actually bought my dresses, but Amy is a catty creature. She's mad over Lecompte, you know; that's why I encourage him; and she wanted to be Queen, too, but la, la, she's so skinny! Well, I was furious, naturally—" Miss Warren paused, quick to note the telltale signs in her brother's face. "Bernie!" she said. "Look me ...

— The Net • Rex Beach

Words linked to "Catty" : cattiness, china, catty-cornered, Cathay, weight unit, cattish, PRC, Communist China, cat, malicious, catty-corner, Red China, cattie, mainland China, People's Republic of China, weight