cat⁴ n also cat-stick. A game similar to hurley, played with sticks on the ice.
   1901 Christmas Bells 11 During the days of Christmas, the 'boys' assembled on the pond or in the meadow for a game of football, or a game of 'cat.' 1937 DEVINE 13 ~ A game played with flat-end sticks and a ball on the ice in winter. T 141/66-65² There was another game where you try to keep the ball out of the hole. Cut a hole in the ice, or in the frozen ground—'cat.' P 245-75 Cat-stick—game played by sealers 'at the ice.'

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