cat's-paw \ KATS-paw \ , noun;
- a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- Nautical . a. a hitch made in the bight of a rope so that two eyes are formed to hold the hook of one block of a tackle. b. a light breeze that ruffles the surface of the water over a comparatively small area. c. the small area ruffled by such a breeze.
Origin: Cat's-paw finds its origin in a fable called "The Monkey and the Cat" in which a monkey uses a cat's paw to draw chestnuts out of a fire. The term entered English in the mid-1600s.
adults chewing gum
- A pack of condoms. Used as an innuendo term to fool little children.
Child: What are these balloons doing in your bottom draw mummy?
Mother: Those are mine and daddy's adults chewing gum, the mint in them is too sting for little kids.
History
- United States Constitution: the supreme law of the land was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787)
- Norton I: Joshua Abraham Norton, a native Englishman who ended up in San Francisco, declared himself emperor of the United States (1859)
- Battle of Antietam: bloody day — 23,000 killed — of carnage during the American Civil War (1862)
- Lt. Thomas Selfridge: became the first person to die in an airplane crash, in a plane piloted by Orville Wright (1908)
- M*A*S*H: the TV show whose final episode remains the top-viewed program on American TV debuted (1972)
Birthdays
- Ben Turpin 1874
- J. (John) Marriott 1900
- Esther Ralston 1902
- Dolores Costello 1904
- Chaim Herzog (Israel) 1918
- Hank Williams, Sr. (Hiram King "Hank" Williams) 1923 - Country music performer
- Bill Black 1926
- Brother Jack McDuff 1926
- George Blanda 1927
- Roddy McDowall 1928
- Sil Austin 1929
- Pat Crowley 1929
- Anne Bancroft 1931
- Dorothy Loudon 1933
- Ken Kesey 1935
- Orlando Cepeda 1937
- Paul Benedict 1938
- LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) 1939
- David Williams 1946
- Lol Creme 1947
- Jeff MacNelly 1947
- John Ritter 1948
- Fee Waybill (Tubes) 1950
- Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson 1951
- Rita Rudner 1956
- Kyle Chandler 1965
- Douglas E. Davis 1966 (Doug E. Fresh)
- Malik Yoba 1967
- Keith Flint (Prodigy) 1969
- Vinnie (Naughty By Nature) 1970
- Marcus Sanders (Hi-Five) 1973
- Jimmie Johnson (Jimmie Kenneth Johnson) 1975 - Nascar driver
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