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Meaning of catsfoot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.
  2. Synonym of ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea).
  3. Synonym of mountain cudweed (Antennaria dioica).

Equivalents

Suomi kissankäpälä

Examples

“...like the Monkey, that took the Cat's Foot to pull the Chesnut out of the Fire...”
“It is commonly called […] in English ground Iuie, Alehoofe, Gill creepe by ground, Tunehoofe, and Cats foote.”
“...an Infusion made with the Heads of White Poppies, Cat's-foot, Colt's-foot, and Maiden-hair.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

catshank catshark catshit catsicle catsitter Catskill

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