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10 practised. In the Covent Garden Journal for 1810 the O. P. Riots are thus spoken of:—"Mr. Kemble made his appearance in the costume of 'Macbeth,' and, amid vollies of hissing, hooting, groans, and cat-calls, seemed as though he meant to speak a steril and pointless addressa nnounced [sic] for the occasion."

In book iii. chap. vi. of Joseph Andrews, occurs this passage:—"You would have seen cities in embroidery transplanted from the boxes to the pit, whose ancient inhabitants were exalted to the galleries, where they played upon cat-calls."

In Lloyd's Law Student we find:—

In Chetwood's History of the Stage (1741), there is a story of a sea-officer who was much plagued by "a couple of sparks, prepared with their offensive instruments, vulgarly termed Cat-calls;" and describes how "the squeak was stopped in the middle by a blow from the officer, which he gave with so strong a will that his child's trumpet was struck through his cheek."