/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Cat and Fiddle
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a public-house sign, is a corruption of Caton le fidèle, meaning Caton, Governor of Calais.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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