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Kit-cat (iou)



Kit-cat noun & adjective. Also Kit-Cat, (sense 3) kit-cat. E18.
[from Kit (= Christopher) Cat or Catling, keeper of the pie-house in London where the club orig. met. Sense 3 from a series of portraits of the club's founders.]
(Designating) a club of Whig politicians and men of letters founded in the reign of James II. E18.
A member of this club. E18.
(Designating or pertaining to) a portrait of less than half length but including the hands (usu. 36 28 in.). M18.