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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.

In the middle of a game at

tipcat

, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.

Macaulay.

tipcat ‎(plural tipcats)

An old game in which a small piece of wood, pointed at both ends, called a "cat", is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. — Macaulay.
The wooden stick used in this game.

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