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Fat cat   /fæt kæt/   Listen
Fat cat

noun
1.
A wealthy and privileged person.





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"Fat cat" Quotes from Famous Books



... tiles above or to the gutter below, is apt to pine for fresh air, and the society of its congeners. Probably in no other city do these creatures lie in shop windows and on counters with such an arrogant air of proprietorship. In restaurants, a very large and fat cat is kept as an advertisement of the good feeding to be obtained on the premises. There is invariably a cat in a charbonnier's shop, and the animal is generally one that was originally white, but long ago came to the conclusion that all attempts to keep itself clean were hopeless. Its only consolation ...
— Concerning Cats - My Own and Some Others • Helen M. Winslow


Words linked to "Fat cat" :   have, wealthy person, rich person


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