What does old cat mean?

old cat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

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"Boys had played "old cat" all over the country for forty years before the Knickerbockers ever thought of forming themselves into a club and making rules for the government of the sport."
"The game of old cat could be modified to fit almost any number of players: from one-old-cat, which had two bases and one striker, to four-old-cat, which had four bases and four strikers."

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