Meaning of catch-'em-alive-O | Babel Free
Examples
“1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit There were views, like⟳ and unlike, of a multitude of places; and there was one little picture-room devoted to a few of the regular sticky old Saints, with sinews like⟳ whipcord, hair like⟳ Neptune’s, wrinkles like⟳ tattooing, and such coats of varnish that every holy personage served for a fly-trap, and became what is now called in the vulgar tongue a Catch-em-alive O.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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