Meaning of Cathy | Babel Free

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A diminutive of the female given name Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.

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“It was named Catherine, but he never called it the name⟳ in full, as he had never called the first Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy, it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her; ( - - - )”

“'Cathy sounds like⟳ the name⟳ of a truck-stop waitress,' she overheard her father-in-law tell⟳ Adam after they returned from their honeymoon. 'Tell⟳ her to call⟳ herself Cat and, for Christ's sake, get⟳ her to stop⟳ biting her lip all the time.'”

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