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Japan cat
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Etymology
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Noun
en dated A en toast rack rack for holding toasted bread.
I XI 59 ["I]t was only last Christmas that I bought my Japan cat. / "Dear me," said Miss Jemima; "a Japan cat! that must be very curious. What sort of a creature is it?" / "Don't you know? Bless me, a thing with three legs, and holds toast! [...]"