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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kilkenny cats

/kĭl-kĕn'-ē kăts/ · Kil·ken·ny cats · IPA
01 n. Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest betwe…
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    Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.