"kilkenny cat" Definition

Definitions for the word "kilkenny cat" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
a popular simile for a voracious or desperate animal or person, from the story of the two cats in that county, who are said to have fought and bitten each other until a small portion of the tail of one of them alone remained.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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