cat's melody

== English == === Noun === cat's melody (plural cat's melodies) (Ireland, Scotland, dated) A cacophony. 1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea): The wife within is sending the curses thick and heavy on me, and the childre's playing the cat's melody to keep her in comfort. ==== See also ====