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Definition of Fat cat
1. Noun. A wealthy and privileged person.
Definition of Fat cat
1. Noun. (slang) A rich person who contributes to a political campaign. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labour of others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fat Cat
Literary usage of Fat cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1915)
"In a later development, the reading book paid less attention to the rhyme and
story, but spread out the "ab, abs" into sentences: The fat cat sat on the mat ..."
2. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1860)
"No, the fat cat can uot go in-to the box. On the assumption that the children
are familiar with ... What kind of cat was it Î And what did the fat cat do ? ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"He tried to capture the fat cat, was wounded in the attempt, grew hot, and at
once renewed an unpleasant topic under discussion when Josie and I interrupted ..."
4. Manual of school management by Thomas Morrison (1863)
"EXAMPLE I. the rat sat on a mat. the fat cat ran to the rat. the rat ran in-to
the box. can the cat go in-to the box ? no, ..."
5. The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1914)
"It bit the fat cat. Pat hit the rat. The rat ran. The cat ran at it. The rat bit
the fat cat. Cats and rats used, I remember, to be favourite subjects in ..."
6. New Education Readers: A Synthetic and Phonic Word Method by Abraham Jay Demarest, William Maturin Van Sickle (1900)
"Can you see the fat cat ? The fat cat is on the box. Will the fat cat fall?
A big rat is in the box. The cat bit the rat. See the cat look at the rat. ..."
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