cat's-paw
noun
Meaning
- A paw of a cat.
- Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.
- A minor breeze that ripples the surface of a body of water.
- A twisting variant of the lark's-foot hitch which forms two small bights used to hook a pair of tackles to a rope.
- Someone or something that comes down quickly upon a victim in the manner of a cat's paw.
- A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.
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