one old cat

noun

¦wənə¦kat,

¦wəˌnōl¦k-

variants or one o' cat or less commonly one-a-cat

¦wənə¦k-

: 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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