Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Synonyms for cats-paw
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kats-paw |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætsˌpɔ |
Top 10 synonyms for cats-paw Other synonyms for the word cats-paw
Définition of cats-paw
- As in sea breeze : noun breeze from the sea
- As in : noun pawn
- Well, you could have blown me and Jonadab over with a cats-paw.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
- Not a breath of wind, ye know, not so much as a cats-paw—no chance of a chase.
- Extract from : « The Wonderful Bed » by Gertrude Knevels
- From the old story of the monkey who used the cats-paw to remove his roast chestnuts from the fire.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- Did he really care for her or was she only the cats-paw to pluck his hot chestnuts from the fire?
- Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
- The shadow as of tempest hung in the air, but never a cats-paw did I see to blurr the rolling mirror of the ocean.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- Now and again a cats-paw would ripple across the plain of water, but there were no clouds, there was no sight of land.
- Extract from : « "The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton » by Louis Becke
- Youve made a cats-paw of that boy; youve dragged the sweetest and most innocent girl in the world into your filthy scheme.
- Extract from : « The Black Star » by Johnston McCulley
- A few months later, Henry had discovered that Ferdinand and Maximilian were using him as a cats-paw.
- Extract from : « Ten Tudor Statesmen » by Arthur D. Innes
Words or expressions associated with your search
Most wanted synonyms
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019