cat's melody
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Noun
cat's melody (plural cat's melodies)
- (Ireland, Scotland, dated) a cacophony
- 1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea):
- The wife within is sending the curses thick and heavy on me, and the childre's playing the cat's melody to keep her in comfort.
- 1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle:
- You vegetable cat's melody!
Your Concert Miaulant is
A triumph o' discord shairly
- 2016, Adrian Barnes, “Day 4; Accidental Colours”, in Nod, London: Titan, →ISBN:
- 'This is completely absurd,' I heard him say, his voice barely audible above the screaming that had now started. 'Believe me, I never —'
Then all we could see was writhing.
And sounds I don't care to try to represent or transcribe: what used to be called the cat's melody.
- 1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea):
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