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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶KATTISTOOCH, n. An illiterate form of catastrophe (Sh. 1959).Sh. 1931 J. Nicolson Tales 91:
The story of the end of the world seemed to impress him very much. “Man,” he would remark with great solemnity, “dat'll be terrible, bit Loard be tankit, Morison 'ill be awa' afore da kattistooch.”
