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Cataian
(3 syl.). A native of Cathay or China; outlandish, a foreigner
generally, a liar.
“I will not believe such a Cataian, though the priest of the town
commended him for a true man.” —Shakespeare: Merry Wives, ii.
l.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cataian from Infoplease:
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