kit-kat

[ kit-kat ]

/ ˈkɪtˌkæt /

noun

kit-cat.

Words nearby kit-kat

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Definition for kit-kat (2 of 2)

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.

Example sentences from the Web for kit-kat

His was probably the purest character among those of all the members of the Kit-kat.

The Wits and Beaux of Society |Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
Perhaps the most famous institution practicing this kind of ceremony in the eighteenth century was the Kit-Kat Club.

The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 |Samuel Johnson [AKA Hurlo Thrumbo]
If the conversation of the Kit-kat was anything like that in this member's comedies, it must have been highly edifying.

The Wits and Beaux of Society |Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
He himself had tried to be a poet, and in 1703 wrote verses for the toasting-cups of the Kit-kat.

The Wits and Beaux of Society |Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

Addison must have been past forty when he became a member of the Kit-kat.

The Wits and Beaux of Society |Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

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kit-kat

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Definition for kit-kat (2 of 2)

or kit-kat

noun

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