kit-cat
or kit-kat
[ kit-kat ]
/ ˈkɪtˌkæt /
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, measure almost uniformly 28 × 36 inches (71 × 91 cm), characteristically portray the head, upper torso, and hands, and are now in the National Gallery, London.
Words nearby kit-cat
kit and caboodle,
kit bag,
kit carson mountain,
kit fox,
kit out,
kit-cat,
kit-cat club,
kit-kat,
kit-kat club,
kitagawa utamaro,
kitaj
Example sentences from the Web for kit-cat
Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the galaxy, and all the toasts of the Kit-cat.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |Henry FieldingArtists call portraits containing two-thirds of the figure Kit-cat size.
The Book of Cats |Charles H. Ross