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    [Noun]  | "cat's-paw" | \ ˈkats-ˌpȯ \


    1: a light air that ruffles the surface of the water in irregular patches during a calm

    2: one used by another as a tool : dupe

    3: a hitch knot formed with two eyes for attaching a line to a hook


    Origin: circa 1769 ;

    [Noun]  | "cat's-paws" 


    1: one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another;


      * e.g., " ... these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers "



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    [Noun]  | "cat's-paw" 


    1: one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another;


      * e.g., " ... these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers "



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