kittle cattle

kittle cattle
noun (plural kittle cattle)
Usage: usually plural in construction
Etymology: kittle (II)
chiefly dialect : a group of people that are difficult to manage and inclined to be capricious

kittle cattle who do rather unpredictable things — Country Life


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