Bible Dictionaries
Wild-Cat
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; - said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
(2):
(a.) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wild-Cat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wild-cat.html. 1828.