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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>)