one old cat
[
wuhn
-
uh
kat]
/ˈwʌn ə ˌkæt/
noun
,
Games.
1.
a form of baseball in which there is a home plate and one other base, and in which a player remains at bat and scores runs by hitting the ball and running to the base and back without being put out.
Also,
one o' cat,
one-a-cat
.
Origin
1840-50,
Americanism