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one old cat

noun
\¦wənə¦kat, ¦wəˌnōl¦k-\
variants: or one o' cat or less commonly one-a-cat \¦wənə¦k- \

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: a ball game in which a batter hits a ball and then tries to run from home base to the single other base and back home again without being put out by the other players

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