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cat's meat en · NOUN

Etymology

Animals' lungs used to be sold as food for cats.

Meanings

1. (UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A person's lungs.
   • You must let him have all the jaw-work to himself, and give a holiday to your cat's meat. 1821, J. Burrowes, Life in St George's Fields:

Relateds

cat meat