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cat in the pan en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A somersault.
2. (UK, figuratively, obsolete, slang) A reversal of a position.
   • When George in pudding-time came o'er, / And moderate men looked big, sir, / I turned a cat-in-the-pan once more, / And so became a Whig, sir; […] 1927, Songs of the Immortals, volume 1, page 33:
3. (UK, figuratively, obsolete, slang) A falsehood that is spread and attributed to another person.