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Thesaurus: wild-cat

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.

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  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.
  3. 1. 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. (Railroad) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
  4. Running without control; running along the line without atrain; as, a wild-cat locomotive.