"ONE CASE OF TOMCATS."
An invoice received by a caterer of an English regiment stationed in India containpd this bewildering item: " One case of tomcats."
No one had asked tho caterer to order tiny dainties of that kind and the mystery remained unsolved until the package arrived.
Then it appeared that the grocer's assistant' had a fancy for abbreviations and that " tomcats " was only his way of writing the name of tliat useful condiment, tomato catsup,
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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76"ONE CASE OF TOMCATS." Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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