They may be called catgut, but they are actually made from sheep intestines.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Although it is called catgut, this is a misnomer as it is sheep or goat intestines and not feline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Bell 27.01.11] Reference

The same "catgut" is used for medical sutures in surgery and strings for tennis rackets.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Originally the smaller intestines of beasts, as of the pig, but here used as equalling "catgut".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II] Reference

"catgut," are not made from the intestines of that domestic animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference

Yes, Mr Bloom said, teasing the curling catgut line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulysses] Reference

I think I produce do a better Tinkerbell using catgut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regretsy – Regretsy Math] Reference

August 31, 2009 at 8:28 am whutsamatter, catgut ur tongue?.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot friends - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Taking delivery of two cases of catgut and three cases of whisky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking delivery of two cases of catgut and three cases of whisky] Reference

Maybe the guitar has catgut strings and they can recognise their friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kitteh Relaxes in a Strange Spot - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

In fact, they look like antique tennis racquets, catgut strings and all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heaven’s Fury] Reference

"D'ye think as life was gi'en to us to pass it all away a scrapin 'catgut?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

Sometimes of either brass or silver wire, &c., but most commonly of catgut.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference

Orijinlee dey yoozed sheep sinyooz, Aifink wye dey wuz cawled catgut Ai dunno!.    From Wordnik.com.  [U know how they compared your playing - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

This account of the origin of Lutes, Fiddles, and catgut is classic and picturesque.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference

There was a catgut manufactory close at hand, which filled the neighborhood with stench.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference

Bloom ungyved his crisscrossed hands and with slack fingers plucked the slender catgut thong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulysses] Reference

In many cases, when catgut is used, they dissolve by themselves and do not need to be removed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 14] Reference

It consists of a rectangular box with two sounding boards, each provided with eight catgut strings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885] Reference

Out came a large needle and a spool of some organic material that Jon-Tom knew could not be catgut.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference

Current Music: crown me king feat. darling violetta- "catgut concerto"7 gunslingers | crown me king.    From Wordnik.com.  [mordicai: crown me king!] Reference

Two small girls are scraping doleful strains from the sad catgut of violins nearly as big as themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference

The catgut strings of the harps of three thousand years ago are still capable of giving a musical sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference

Simultaneously, the jockeys sat down to ride -- there was the cruel swish of catgut, the crueler prodding of steel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference

· Non-resorbable sutures such as silk for skin, resorbable thread (chromic catgut, Vicryl.) for subcutaneous tissues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 3] Reference

Non-resorbable sutures such as silk for skin, resorbable thread (chromic catgut, Vicryl ...) for subcutaneous tissues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 15] Reference

But to talk of a man sittin 'on his hinder end, and draggin' rosined hosshair across catgut hour by hour and day by day for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

Mark Smeaton was with her, seated on a mahogany chair, holding his violin, running his finger absently along a length of catgut.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tudors: King Takes Queen] Reference

It is furnished with catgut strings, which are affected by all the influences of temperature, and require to be frequently tuned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference

Likewise, I'd made my own catgut sutures; a messy, disgusting business, but at least I was sure of the sterility of my materials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragonfly in Amber]

Yes, Mr Bloom said, teasing the curling catgut line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulysses] Reference

The fisherman requires as good a catgut as the violinist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference

It had four strings of silk or catgut, and a very long neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years in the French West Indies] Reference

To this he fastened a long piece of catgut, and carried it through the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference

Add in making their own strings from road-kill catgut, and - well, you get the picture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Every Day Should Be Saturday] Reference

Eh, disturbing some peaceable neighbourhood with villainous catgut and lascivious piping!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Duenna] Reference

You'd probably want some way to change the tension of the strings, or try steel, rather than nylon or catgut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference