In the Anglophone world, what are sailors referring to when they point out white horses?
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Congratulations to Eamon Lister, Cork, Ireland, who correctly answered last week’s Mindbender. “A cat’s paw in the sailing sense is a patch of calm water brushed by a puff of wind leaving a tiny roil in the shape of a cat’s paw, some wags say.”