two old cat

[ too uh kat ]

noun

, Games.

1. one old cat played with two batters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of two old cat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Robin taught me a kind of back-yard, two-old-cat cricket with a bat fashioned by his own big hands.

From Project Gutenberg

There were two varieties of the game, the first called "one-old-cat," or one-cornered-cat, and the other "two-old-cat."

From Project Gutenberg

Or the A B C class playing two-old-cat, after a league game of extra innings; right you are, my hearty!

From Project Gutenberg