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

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gixy1611

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dilla1627

tittiea1628

whimsy1631

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zitellaa1660

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miss1668

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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

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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 w^t 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.

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).

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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. 4/7 ‘Kitty 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.

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n.¹c1560

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n.³1806

n.⁴1825

单词	kitty
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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 w^t 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Draft additions January 2005 kitty litter n. chiefly North American = cat litter n. at cat n.¹ Additions. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 4/7 ‘Kitty 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Draft additions December 2005 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.¹c1560n.²1707n.³1806n.⁴1825
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