cat’s lick—(UK sl.) a brief wash:
- After having a quick bite, I had a cat’s lick, that’s my short bath and headed off for the hideout.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the compound calf-lick—(also: cowlick) a curl of hair on the forehead which will not lie smoothly:
- I would imagine that there must be a hereditary factor to the calf-lick like there is to eyes.
cat-lick—(UK sl., also: cat’lick) Catholic:
- The Cat-lick church has often changed its mind on things … often kicking and screaming while being dragged down that road of change.