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Microphones, sensitive as telescopes trained on space, are tuned instead to our human gasps and tappings,
(and what has consciousness come to anyway, so far?)
to the rasp of horsehair across catgut and a sound
too rich for most ears to distinguish from a violin
made last year in a factory.
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Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
The sound of air expanding the cavity in my chest and then being forced out past the catgut of my vocal chords — that was the sound my mother heard.
—Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2020
In the 1800s, some began to make and sell lacrosse sticks — made from wood, catgut and leather — to outsiders.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
The sound of air expanding the cavity in my chest and then being forced out past the catgut of my vocal chords — that was the sound my mother heard.
—Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2020
In the 1800s, some began to make and sell lacrosse sticks — made from wood, catgut and leather — to outsiders.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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“Catgut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catgut. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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catgut
noun
cat·gut
-ˌgət 
: a tough cord made from intestines of animals (as sheep) and used for strings of musical instruments and rackets and for sewing in surgery
Medical Definition
catgut
noun
cat·gut
-ˌgət
: a tough cord made usually from sheep intestines and used especially for sutures in closing wounds
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