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单词 cat-lap
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cat-lapn.

Brit. /ˈkatlap/, U.S. /ˈkætlæp/
Etymology: Compare Shakespeare Tempest ii. i. 288 ‘They'll take suggestion as the cat laps milk’.
slang. or dialect.
Stuff fit for a cat to lap: contemptuously applied to tea or other weak drink.
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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Cat-Lap, tea, called also scandal broth.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 327 We have tea and coffee aboard..You are at the age to like such cat-lap.
1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxvii. 282 The clerk only muttered, ‘Oh, d——n! nobody wants your catlap!’
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