catty-wumper
adj.— «Leaning against his 50-year-old pickup truck last week, Mr. Vorpahl explained some Bonac terms. If his chicken coop lets the raccoons in, something is out of whack, or “catty-wumper.” The pound trap is so named, he said, after the colonial term for an enclosed area.» —“Hamptons’ Centuries-Old Fishing Practices in Peril” by Corey Kilgannon in East Hampton, New York New York Times July 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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