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wild-cat - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'wild-cat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wild-cat [ a.]
- Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
- Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.