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cat's-paw
Word definitions for cat's-paw in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (lb en figuratively) A pawn or dupe; somebody who has been unwittingly tricked into acting in another's interest. 2 A knot of a certain kind resembling a lark’s-foot hitch; see Wikipedia:cat's paw (knot) for more detailed information. 3 A breeze that ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cat's-paw \Cat's"-paw`\, n. (Naut.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air. A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked. A ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument , pawn ] a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
Usage examples of cat's-paw.
Poor relation, unsatisfactory son, cat's-paw nephew, inept defender: better to retreat below, into the darkness.
Psellus might even have written the letters purporting to be from Anna Dalassena rather than tossing the task to some cat's-paw: capturing, then perverting, the voice of a great lady celebrated for her wisdom might have been a task he would enjoy.
That he was a cat's-paw for forces more powerful, less namable, more insidious than the Noisy Bridge Rod and Gun Club could imagine, she ought by rights to inform them: though she herself could not yet name those forces.