meaning of cats paw
1. A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.
2. A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
3. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
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