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care killed a cat en · X

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  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of care killed the cat.
    • “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.” 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island: