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kit-cat
or kit-kat
[ kit-kat ]
noun
- any of a series of half-length portraits of members of the Kit-Cat Club that were painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller between 1702 and 1717, measuring almost uniformly 28 × 36 inches (71 × 91 centimeters), characteristically portray the head, upper torso, and hands, and are now in the National Gallery, London.
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But there, little kit-cat, provided you are not hurt or ill no matter about me.
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Artists call portraits containing two-thirds of the figure Kit-cat size.
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Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the galaxy, and all the toasts of the Kit-cat.
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On the adjoining common stood the house in which the members of the celebrated Kit Cat Club assembled.
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