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cat in the pan

noun

Definitions

  1. A somersault.

  2. A reversal of a position.

    • When George in pudding-time came o'er, / And moderate men looked big, sir, / I turned a cat-in-the-pan once more, / And so became a Whig, sir; […]

  3. A falsehood that is spread and attributed to another person.

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