| 释义 |
cat-stairs dial. and U.S.
Also cat's-.
[cat n.1 19.]
(See quots.)
1825Jamieson Suppl., Cat's-stairs, a plaything for children, made of thread, small cord, or tape, which is so disposed by the hands as to fall down like steps of a stair, Dumfr., Gall. 1828Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) 64 Cat-stairs, Tape, &c. so twisted, that by its alternate hollows and projections, it resembles stairs. 1886Leslie's Pop. Monthly XXI. 150/1 'Twere vain to tell what sylvan treasures accumulated in our back yard that summer. The flights of catstairs [etc.]. |