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Wild-Cat

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(1):

(a.) Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; - said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.

(2):

(a.) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wild-Cat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wild-cat.html. 1828.
 
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