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1. • • It was commonly used in the context of deceit and trickery. The phrase was often associated with the act of selling a defective or inferior product. In this scenario, a dishonest merchant would sell a bag claiming it contained a live cat, only for the buyer to discover that the bag was empty or contained something of lesser value.
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   Who puts a cat in a bag?

   • According to The Phrase Finder, only a shyster puts a cat in a bag – honest business people put in piglets. This metaphorical expression's origin relates to the fraud of substituting a cat for a piglet at markets.

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   What is a cat in the bag?

   • Cat in the bag Co. developed and markets the Cozy Comfort Carrier, a bag-style carrier designed especially for cats. The cat can't get loose outside or while medicine is being administered. But the restraint is gentle and comfortable because the bag is soft and roomy, allowing the cat to move inside of it.

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   What does 'let the cat out of the bag' mean?

   • If you let the cat out of the bag, you disclose a secret or trick - and avoided buying a 'pig in a poke'. This form of trickery is long alluded to in the language. A 'pig in a poke' is recorded as early as 1530, and 'a poke' refers to a sack or bag.

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   Why do we say let the cat out of the bag?

   • The most heavily cited explanation for why we say “let the cat out of the bag” dates back to the Middle Ages. As the story goes, shady livestock vendors in medieval marketplaces sought to swindle their buyers. When someone would purchase a pig, the vendor would sneak a cat into the bag instead, cheating the buyer out of the higher price for a pig.

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   Why does a pig have a cat in the bag?

   • When someone would purchase a pig, the vendor would sneak a cat into the bag instead, cheating the buyer out of the higher price for a pig. It wasn’t until the buyer arrived home and, literally, let the cat out of the bag that they’d realize they’d been scammed, hence the phrase’s association with revealing a secret.

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   Where did the phrase “cat in a bag” come from?

   • The origin of the phrase “cat in a bag” can be traced back to the 18th century. It was commonly used in the context of deceit and trickery. The phrase was often associated with the act of selling a defective or inferior product.

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   Them's "Cat in a Bag" scene portrays violence against black people in the 1950s. The scene highlights real-world horrors faced by the Emory family before supernatural encounters.

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   If you let the cat out of the bag you disclosed the trick - and avoided buying a pig in a poke (bag). This form of trickery is long alluded to in the language and 'pigs in a poke' are recorded as early as 1530. The same website also explains: A poke is a sack or bag.

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   One of the men rapes Lucky, and at the same time the white woman has tossed Chester into a pillowcase and plays a game she calls “Cat in a Bag.”

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   • Why Do We Say “Cat’s Out of The Bag”?
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   Well, first, let’s consider the first recorded use of the phrase. In a 1760 book review in the London Magazine, the reviewer complained that he “wished that the author had not let the cat out of the bag,” presumably referring to some kind of plot point. But while the first recorded use of the phrase is pretty straightforward, its originis not. Unfo...

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   The most heavily cited explanation for why we say “let the cat out of the bag” dates back to the Middle Ages. As the story goes, shady livestock vendors in medieval marketplaces sought to swindle their buyers. When someone would purchase a pig, the vendor would sneak a cat into the bag instead, cheating the buyer out of the higher price for a pig. ...

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   There’s another theory about the origins of this expression, and it’s a good deal darker. This explanation claims that the “cat” the expression refers to is not a feline but the “cat o’ nine tails,” a whip made from nine intertwined cords that was used as a form of punishment in the British Royal Navy and in prisons until as late as the 1840s. It w...

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