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catty

  1. jin, naula, pauna.

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häijy, ilkeä

catty, jin puhekieltä With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy{{, or upset, particularly among women.
puhekieltä Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

a catty smell

A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
2009, Huaiyin Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008, Stanford University Press, ISBN 978-0-8047-5974-8, http://books.google.com/books?id=Re4YLsESWjoC&pg=PA94&dq=catty page 94:
To limit team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat one catty of rice a day.
1699, Captain William Dampier, A new voyage round the world, Volume 1:
16 Mess, make a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make a Catty, another weight.
1847, Robert Montgomery Martin, China; Political, Commercial, and Social, Volume 2, James Madden (publisher), http://books.google.com/books?id=rMtNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124&dq=catty page 124:
Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.

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catty rimmaa näiden kanssa:

tietty, mielitietty, kielletty, läpisävelletty, ilmetty, kovaksikeitetty, edellä esitetty, yhdistetty, alppiyhdistetty, suojaeristetty

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