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/kˈætʃwˌərd/ Listen

noun

Catchword n.

Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

(Print.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.

A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

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Etymology of 'Catchword'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Catchword" Quotes from Famous Books

... Republican, and an Anti-Tobacconist. Meat was a fad. Drink was a fad. Religion was a fad. Monarchy was a fad. Tobacco was a fad. "A plain man like me," Crowl used to say, "can live without fads." "A plain man" was Crowl's catchword. When of a Sunday morning he stood on Mile-end Waste, which was opposite his shop—and held forth to the crowd on the evils of kings, priests and mutton chops, the "plain man" turned up at intervals like the "theme" of a symphonic movement. "I ...

— The Big Bow Mystery • I. Zangwill

... catchword with all. It rang out loudly from a thousand French pamphlets and ponderous tomes; it was caught up and echoed back from England; it penetrated the unkindly atmosphere of Russia even, and was silently pondered over under the rule ...

— Irish Race in the Past and the Present • Aug. J. Thebaud

... viciously, "she's snuffing it." And he chews, once more, his customary saying—pompous and foolish as the catchword of a public ...

— Light • Henri Barbusse

... that tone, it was a catchword dating back to nursery days which the elf-like Anne had shared with a whole brood of sturdy cousins, and meant, "Please stop fooling; I want to be ...

— American Cookery - November, 1921 • Various

... 5—To one who has true perception, the "Spirit of Nature" speaks powerfully in the facts currently expressed by the catchword, "struggle for existence," etc.; but not in the opinions which modern science deduces from them. In the first statement lies the reason why natural science is attracting more and more widespread attention. But it follows from the second statement that scientific opinions ...

— Christianity As A Mystical Fact - And The Mysteries of Antiquity • Rudolf Steiner

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