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Drama by Philip Massenger Refers to Cat-Stick

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Text	"Page: You, sirrah sheep's-head/ With a face cut on a cat-stick, do you hear?/ You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to/ the lady of the mansion, or my poniard/ Shall disembogue thy soul." "The Maid of Honour," Scene 2, in The Plays of Philip Massinger, Volume 1 (John Murray, London, 1830), page 327. Notes written in 1830 by W. Gifford: "Cat-stick. This, I believe, is what is now called a buck-stick, used by children in the game of tip-cat, or kit-cat." Query: Is it clear why an abusive address like this would employ a phrase like "cut on a cat-stick?" Does it imply, for instance a disfigured or pock-marked visage?
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 <p>"The Maid of Honour," Scene 2, in <u>The Plays of Philip Massinger</u>, Volume 1 (John Murray, London, 1830), page 327. </p>
 <p>Notes written in 1830 by W. Gifford:  "<i>Cat-stick</i>.  This, I believe, is what is now called a <i>buck-stick</i>, used by children in the game of tip-cat, or kit-cat."   <b>Query:</b>  Is it clear why an abusive address like this would employ a phrase like "cut on a cat-stick?"  Does it imply, for instance a disfigured or pock-marked visage? </p>
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