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catgut

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkætˌɡʌt/Part of speech nounSorted acgttuStarts with CEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery

Word origin

Possibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.

Used in a sentence

  • The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these butterfly shades to the last grain. He is as tough as catgut & as evanescent as a butterfly's bloom.
  • Eventually they carved small paddles to strike the ball and refined this implement with a mesh of catgut.

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