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单词 kitty
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kittyn.1

Brit. /ˈkɪti/, U.S. /ˈkɪdi/
Forms: Also 1500s Scottish kitte, kittie.
Etymology: One of the pet forms of the female name Catherine; compare Kate n., Katy n., Kit n.4 (Compare also cutty adj. 2, 3.)
1. A girl or young woman; a wench; sometimes (= kittie unsel) a woman of loose character. (Cf. kittock n.) Scottish. Obsolete.
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the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
muggle1608
gixy1611
infanta1611
dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
whorec1175
malkinc1275
wenchelc1300
ribalda1350
strumpeta1350
wench1362
filtha1375
parnelc1390
sinner14..
callet1415
slut?c1425
tickle-tailc1430
harlot?a1475
mignote1489
kittock?a1500
mulea1513
trulla1516
trully?1515
danta1529
miswoman1528
stewed whore1532
Tib1533
unchaghe1534
flag1535
Katy1535
jillet1541
yaud1545
housewife1546
trinkletc1550
whippet1550
Canace1551
filthy1553
Jezebel1558
kittyc1560
loonc1560
laced mutton1563
nymph1563
limmer1566
tomboy1566
Marian1567
mort1567
cockatrice1568
franion1571
blowze1573
rannell1573
rig1575
Kita1577
poplet1577
light-skirts1578
pucelle1578
harlotry1584
light o' lovea1586
driggle-draggle1588
wagtail1592
tub-tail1595
flirt-gill1597
minx1598
hilding1599
short-heels1599
bona-roba1600
flirt1600
Hiren1600
light-heels1602
roba1602
baggage1603
cousin1604
fricatrice1607
rumbelow1611
amorosa1615
jaya1616
open-taila1618
succubus1622
snaphancea1625
flap1631
buttered bun1638
puffkin1639
vizard1652
fallen woman1659
tomrigg1662
cunt1663
quaedama1670
jilt1672
crack1677
grass-girl1691
sporting girl1694
sportswoman1705
mobbed hood1707
brim1736
trollop1742
trub1746
demi-rep1749
gillyflower1757
lady of easy virtue1766
mot1773
chicken1782
gammerstang1788
buer1807
scarlet woman1816
blowen1819
fie-fie1820
shickster?1834
streel1842
charver1846
trolly1854
bad girl1855
amateur1862
anonyma1862
demi-virgin1864
pickup1871
chippy1885
wish-wife1886
tart1887
tartleta1890
flossy1893
fly girl1893
demi-mondaine1894
floozy1899
slattern1899
scrub1900
demi-vierge1908
cake1909
coozie1912
muff1914
tarty1918
yes-girl1920
radge1923
bike1945
puta1948
messer1951
cooze1955
jamette1965
skeezer1986
slutbag1987
chickenhead1988
ho1988
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxvi. 19 I can thame call bot kittie vnsellis, That takkis sic maneris at thair motheris.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 262 Thair come our kitteis weschin clene In thair new kirtillis.
1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 150 Sa mony ane kittie [a1586 Maitl. F. kitte], drest vp wt goldin chenȝe.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii Bot at the last, throw filthy speiche and Counsell, That scho did heir of sum curst Kittie vnsell.
2.
a. Local name for the wren; also kitty-wren.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren)
wrenc725
little kingc1450
Our Lady's hena1529
jenny wren1648
regulus1678
tope1813
staga1825
kitty1825
feather-poke1831
robin1837
robin redbreasta1873
jenny1881
St. Kilda wren1884
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kitty-wren, or Jenny-wren, the wren.
1860 All Year Round 7 July 295 The male wrens of North America..build ‘cock-nests’..like the males of our distinct kitty-wrens.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 35 Wren... Familiar names. Kitty, Jenny.
1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Kitty, a local nickname of the Wren.
b. Also prefixed to, or forming part of the local names of other birds, as kitty-coot n. the moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus). kitty-needy n. the sandpiper. kitty-witch n. = kittiwake n.; also name of a small swimming crab, Porcellana platycheles.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of
sandpiper1674
stone-runner1681
sand bird1709
piper1793
tattler1831
water junket1833
tip-up1848
kitty-needy1850
weet-weet1852
peep1864
sand-runner1894
the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen)
moorhena1350
water henc1520
moat-hen1544
moor coot?1606
mud hen1611
marsh hen1709
heath-game1711
stank-hen1766
clapper rail1813
skitty1813
kitty-coot1885
1850 Zoologist 8 2644 (note) ‘Kittie-needie’ [Aberdeenshire]..the common sandpiper.
1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist vii. 125 The piping of the kittyneedy..the boom of the snipe, were often heard at night.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 178 Moor Hen... Kitty coot (Dorset).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kittyn.2

Brit. /ˈkɪti/, U.S. /ˈkɪdi/
Etymology: formed as kit n.3 + -y suffix6.
A kitten; used esp. as a pet name.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > kitten
kitten1377
kitlinga1530
kit1562
kittle1566
catlinga1649
kitty1707
titty1802
1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) II. 241 A pretty young Kitty, She had that could Purr.

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kitty litter n. chiefly North American = cat litter n. at cat n.1 Additions.
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1949 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 9 Feb. 5/1 (advt.) Kitty Litter 10 lbs $1.50. Your kitty will like it. Takes the place of sand or sawdust.
2004 M. Blyth Spin Sisters 89 62 percent of women say shopping for a bathing suit is more painful than giving birth, and half of us would rather clean the kitty litter box than go through the agony!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kittyn.3

Brit. /ˈkɪti/, U.S. /ˈkɪdi/
Etymology: Shortened < kittiwake n.: compare -y suffix6.
= kittiwake n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus tridactylus (kittiwake)
kittiwake1661
tarrock1674
petrel1770
haglet1803
kitty1806
tickle-ace1819
wake-up kittle1832
mackerel bird1879
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 460 Some people are fond of eating the young kitties.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kittyn.4

Brit. /ˈkɪti/, U.S. /ˈkɪdi/
Etymology: Origin uncertain: compare kidcote n.
northern dialect and slang.
1. A prison, jail, or lock-up; a house of correction.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kitty, the house of correction. Newcastle.
1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 28 We had a nice tollbooth,..And in its stead we've got..A vile pernicious kitty.
1864 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. The Provost [of Jedburgh] ordered another man to be taken into custody; said the crowd, ‘If ane gangs t' the kitty, we'll a' gang’.
1888 Monthly Chron. N.C. June 285/1 Wey, man, that's a fine kitty.
2. ‘A pool into which each player in a card game puts a certain amount of his winnings, to be used in meeting expenses, as for room-rent, refreshments, etc.’ ( Cent. Dict.) Also, the money (frequently placed in the centre of the table) taken by the winner of a game or round (the usual sense). Also applied to other kinds of pool or joint fund. So transferred, earnings, liquid capital, a reserve fund; a sum of money made up of contributions by people involved in a common activity.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for or subscribed by several parties
the common pursea1400
common1540
purse1602
stock-pursea1665
subscription1730
slush fund1839
kitty1887
tarpaulin muster1889
tronc1928
International Monetary Fund1944
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > bidding or staking > pool
pool1710
pot1847
kitty1887
1887 J. W. Keller Game of Draw Poker 12 Widow, or Kitty—A percentage taken out of the pool to defray the expenses of the game or the cost of refreshments.
1891 E. Dowson Let. 1 July (1967) 206 I shall..refuse to associate myself with penny nap & an unlimited Kittie.
1892 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 9/2 in J. S. Farmer Slang Five or six men playing ‘Nap’, with a kitty for drinks, kitty being the pool and the payment to it of a half-penny.
1903 ‘J. Flynt’ Rise of Ruderick Clowd iii. 106 ‘Forty [cents] out of every dollar you cop out—understand?’—‘Who gets the rest?’—‘The mob an' the kitty. The kitty is the fall-money reserve. A mob like ours ought to carry a $3000 kitty all the time. It's drawn on when one of us gets arrested an' has to hire lawyers an' get bail. If you get a tumble, for instance, the rest of us'll have to stand by you—see?’
1904 To-Day 30 Nov. 578/2 Solo calls only are played with a ‘kitty’.
1905 Daily Chron. 12 Sept. 4/7Kitty wins everything,’ is the bookmakers' plaint.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xiii. 213 Your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last bluff you made.
1924 T. Rohan Confessions of Dealer iv. 51 The King of the Knock-Out..counts out banknotes to the tune of £1,000, and places these notes in the bowl or kitty which occupies the centre of the table. The first man to help himself from the kitty is the dealer who bid £100 at the sale.
1928 Daily Express 21 Feb. 12/1 The heavy cost of ‘Kitty’ to a racecourse bookmaker and his employees is not met by the profits on a limited turnover.
1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub xxv. 274 He had filled the kitty roof-high, bluffed the four-ace-players, scared the full-house-holders.
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 68/1 Kitty, money taken from virtually every gambling pot for purpose of profits or expenses, or whangdoodles at the end of a friendly home game.
1969 Listener 17 July 77/1 In 1949, the authorities at the hall had enough money in the kitty to install a new aluminium roof.
1971 Ink 12 June 14/1 Bernie's salesmen kept bringing in the lolly..until by 1970 they had $2.4 billion in their management kitty.
3. Bowls. The jack.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > jack
master-bowl1530
master1579
mistressa1586
block1598
mistress bowl1598
Jacka1616
mark1630
jack bowl1653
tee1789
kitty1898
1898 D. Willox Poems & Sketches 174 Now, in throwing up the ‘Kitty’, Oor first player's quite a card, But in playing tae't he seldom Ever gangs within a yard.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 4/1 When the bowl goes near the kitty.
1926 H. Hendry Poems 98 Kitty, that licht and lively quean, Wha links athort the bowling-green.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 476/1 The small white earthenware ball, known as the jack or ‘kitty’, at which the bowls are aimed, must not be more than 8 in. in circumference or 10 oz in weight.

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kitty party n. originally and chiefly Indian English a social lunch at which those attending contribute money to a central pool and draw lots, the winner receiving the money and hosting the next lunch.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > breakfast, dinner, or supper party
dinner party1749
supper party1754
breakfast-party1814
dinner dance1887
bachelor-dinner1902
American supper1916
kitty party1991
1991 Sunday Tel. 16 June (Review section) 1/2 There were flocks of women at their kitty parties [in the Punjab], where they all put money in the kitty for lunch.
1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) i. 12 Using the dimpled smile and the mercurial tongue that had..rendered matrons in the neighbourhood giddy with gratitude when he graced their kitty parties.
2003 K. Daswani For Matrimonial Purposes (U.K. ed.) 74 All those religious gatherings, baby-naming ceremonies, kitty parties, where she could show off a new, shiny piece of jewellery made by my father.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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