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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

99. Cats

cat, Dick Whittington’s sent to Morocco, its purchase by the king gives the future Lord Mayor his stake to success. [Br. Legend: Benét, 1088]
Felix lonely star-crossed fantasist, fights against fate in strange worlds. [Comics: “Felix the Cat” in Horn, 246]
Garfield lazy gourmand, impudent to its master. [Amer. Comics: Garfield ]
Heathcliff aggressive cat, hoodwinks fishmongers and upsets milkmen. [Amer. Comics: Heathcliff ]
Krazy Kat perennially involved in conflict with his friend Ignatz the mouse. [Comics: Horn, 436]
Macavity mysterious feline, “Napoleon of crime.” [Br. Lit.: T. S. Eliot Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats in Drabble, 714]
Mehitabel unladylike cat; its motto, “toujours gai.” [Am. Lit.: archy and mehitabel in Hart, 525]
Old Deuteronomy elderly cat whose comfort is seen to by the entire village. [Br. Lit.: T. S. Eliot Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats in Drabble, 714]
Pluto pet of a brutal alcoholic who mutilates and hangs it, with dire consequences to himself. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Black Cat”]
Puss in Boots cleverly secures a fortune for its penniless master. [Fr. Fairy Tale: “Puss in Boots” in Benét, 829]
Tobermory taught to speak fluently, it proves insolent and catty. [Br. Lit.: The Short Stories of Saki in Magill IV, 1148]

Cemetery (See BURIAL GROUND. )

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Cats

-Ologies and -Isms | 1986 | Copyright

70. Cats

See also 16. ANIMALS .

ailuromania: an abnormal love of cats.
ailurophile, aelurophile: a lover of cats. Also called felinophile, philofelist, philogalist .
ailurophobia, aelurophobia, elurophobia: an abnormal fear of cats. Also called felinophobia .
felinophile: ailurophile.
galeophilia: an excessive fondness for cats.
gatophobia: an abnormal fear of cats.
grimalkin: 1. a cat, particularly an old female cat.; 2. a bad-tempered old woman.
kitling: British dialect, the young of an animal, especially a kitten or young cat.
malkin: British dialect, a cat or hare. Also spelled mawkin .
philofelist: ailurophile.
philogalist: ailurophile.

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CATS

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

CATS n. Credit Accumulation Transfer Scheme: a system in educational establishments in which credit ratings are awarded at various levels of achievement (certificate, diploma, and first-degree level). See also APEL.

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CATS Education credit accumulation transfer scheme

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CATS." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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