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musk cat en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An animal which secretes musk, such as a civet, or musk deer.
   • As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still, / As that which from chaf'd muskats pores doth trill […] 1633, John Donne, The Comparison:
2. (South-Africa) Common genet or Cape genet.
3. (derogatory, obsolete) A scented effeminate dandy.
4. (obsolete) A prostitute.

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