kitcat, kitkat, kit-kat So called because the size was adopted by SirGodfreyKneller for the portraits he painted of the members of London's 18th-century
finding him, to last all after daies. a. 1710, William Congreve, “To SirGodfreyKneller” in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, London: Jacob Tonson, 1710