English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Wild-cat
Wild-cat
(a.)
Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to
have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in
Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
Wild-cat
(a.)
Running without control; running along the line without a
train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.