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tear-cat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete) An overactor.
I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat.
1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl, act 5, scene 1:Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps.
1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15:
Forms
Relateds
tear a cat
Synonyms
hamfatter · hambone · overactor · ham