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A list of all pages that have property "Text"Text" is a predefined property that represents text of arbitrary length and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>." with value "&lt;p&gt;"Page: You, sirrah sheep's-head/ With a face cut on a cat-stick, do you hear?/ You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to/ the lady of the mansion, or my poniard/ Shall disembogue thy soul."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"The Maid of Honour," Scene 2, in &lt;u&gt;The Plays of Philip Massinger&lt;/u&gt;, Volume 1 (John Murray, London, 1830), page 327. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Notes written in 1830 by W. Gifford: "&lt;i&gt;Cat-stick&lt;/i&gt;. This, I believe, is what is now called a &lt;i&gt;buck-stick&lt;/i&gt;, used by children in the game of tip-cat, or kit-cat." &lt;b&gt;Query:&lt;/b&gt; Is it clear why an abusive address like this would employ a phrase like "cut on a cat-stick?" Does it imply, for instance a disfigured or pock-marked visage? &lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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    • 1631.1  + (<p>"Page: You, sirrah sheep's-head/ <p>"Page: You, sirrah sheep's-head/ With a face cut on a cat-stick, do you hear?/ You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to/ the lady of the mansion, or my poniard/ Shall disembogue thy soul."</p></br><p>"The Maid of Honour," Scene 2, in <u>The Plays of Philip Massinger</u>, Volume 1 (John Murray, London, 1830), page 327. </p></br><p>Notes written in 1830 by W. Gifford: "<i>Cat-stick</i>. This, I believe, is what is now called a <i>buck-stick</i>, used by children in the game of tip-cat, or kit-cat." <b>Query:</b> Is it clear why an abusive address like this would employ a phrase like "cut on a cat-stick?" Does it imply, for instance a disfigured or pock-marked visage? </p>s would employ a phrase like "cut on a cat-stick?" Does it imply, for instance a disfigured or pock-marked visage? </p>)