Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
dishonest person; arogue ; acheat .
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Examples
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Doth not he die like a good fellow that dies with a stiff catso?
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Doth not he die like a good fellow that dies with a stiff catso?
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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"Now look yer, mister man, lookyer, we don't put catfish before customers in disher resterant. ["] "Catfish is quite savory when properly prepared," I answered, thinking of the famous old Cape Fear River catso popular at my home.
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Doth not he die like a good fellow that dies with a stiff catso?
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
Gammerstang commented on the word catso
(noun) - One who obtains money or goods by fraud. Catzerie is the offence.
--William Toone's Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete Words, 1832
January 19, 2018