wild-cats

On his fateful trip to Texas, a Little Rock, Ark., newspaper reported that "hundreds flocked to see the wonderful man, who, it is said, can whip his weight in wild-cats, or grin the largest panther out of a tree."

An Inexplicable Gift for Fame Henry Allen 2011

I think we Democrats thought we were throwing some 'wild-cats' into the fray last November, only to find we actually tossed in some toothless old 'pussy-cats'.

Antiwar Leader Tries To Light Fire Under Dems Over Iraq 2009

Other places I remembered, which had been described by the old huntsman as the lodge of tremendous wild-cats, or the spot where tradition stated the mighty stag to have been brought to bay, or where heroes, whose might was now as much forgotten, were said to have been slain by surprise, or in battle.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens,

Othello, the Moore of Venice 2004

The Badawin turned round upon us like wild-cats, but they had no daggers.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Although the scouts saw no evidences that wild-cats lived in the swamp, they could easily picture some such fierce animal crouching in this clump of matted trees or back of that heavy bush, watching their passage with fiery eyes.

Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps Archibald Lee Fletcher

Now it came to pass that when UNCLE SAMUEL heard of these things, he was sorely riled; yea, his wrath was like unto a six-story stack of wolverines and wild-cats, mixed with sudden death and patent chain-lightning.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

[449-60] _Pard_ is a contraction for _leopard_; _cat-o'-mountain_ may be another name for wild-cat, though wild-cats are not spotted.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

It was a matter of fists and knives and in this the Germans proved, as they had many times before, that they were no match for the sinewy young Americans who with a yell went at them like wild-cats.

Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive Homer Randall

To keep in stock good wild-cats, wolves, and bears.

Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Various