catso
English
Etymology
From Italian cazzo (“prick”).
Noun
catso (plural catsos or catsoes)
- (archaic) A dishonest person; a rogue; a cheat.
- 1877, John Webster, “The Malcontent”, in The Works of John Webster, page 358:
- I’ll try experiments; ’tis good not to be deceived.—So so, catso! / Who would fear that may destroy?
- 1992 [1880], Mark Twain, “A Cat-Tale”, in Louis Budd, editor, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays:
- The remark stung Cattaraugus to the quick, and he called Catiline a catapult; this infuriated Catiline beyond endurance, and he threw down the gauntlet and called Cattaraugus a catso. No cat will stand that; so at it they went.
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References
- “catso” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Ascot, Casto, Coats, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, coast, coats, costa, octas, scoat, tacos