When one of them declared that if she should hear a catamount scream or a bear growl she should die, the woman answered, Well, she presumed we must all die some time.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
Tell you what: I'll put on my ile-skin, take an umbreller and go and talk to the stable helps, for I feel as lonely as a catamount, and as dull as a bachelor beaver.
"The Attache or, Sam Slick in England, Complete"
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
That's a good start, you little catamount.
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William MacLeod Raine