catlicker
English edit
Etymology edit
From cat + licker, phonetically similar to Catholic.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
catlicker (plural catlickers)
- (colloquial, derogatory, Christianity) A Catholic person.
- 2010, José Inez Taylor, James M. Taggart, Alex and the Hobo: A Chicano Life and Story, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 106:
- Well, I was in that game. And we were playing the game and we'd fall over on their side, and they'd kick us and they'd shout at us that we were Mexicans and catlickers. That was what they called a Catholic.