tabby-cat

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  • 42cat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, family, house (esp. AmE), household, pet ▪ big ▪ She went to Africa to photograph big cats. ▪ …

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  • 43tabby — tab•by [[t]ˈtæb i[/t]] n. pl. bies, 1) dch a cat with a striped or brindled coat 2) dch a domestic cat, esp. a female one 3) a watered silk or taffeta 4) striped or brindled 5) tex made of or resembling tabby 6) tex to give a wavy or watered… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44tabby — /ˈtæbi / (say tabee) noun (plural tabbies) 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a female cat. 3. Colloquial an old maid; a spinster. 4. Colloquial (dated) a woman, especially a girlfriend or sweetheart. 5. Colloquial any spiteful female… …

  • 45tabby — tab|by [ˈtæbi] n plural tabbies [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: tabby type of striped cloth (16 19 centuries), from French tabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic, from Al Attabiya part of Baghdad where the cloth was originally made] a cat with… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46cat-a-mountain — catamountain cat a*moun tain, cat a mountain cat a moun tain . 1. the bushy tailed European wildcat ({Felis silvestris}) resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat. Syn: European wildcat, {Felis silvestris}.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 47tabby — noun Tabby is used before these nouns: ↑cat …

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  • 48tabby — noun (C) a cat with grey, brown, or orange marks on its fur tabby adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49tabby — tab|by [ tæbi ] noun count a cat with fur that has bands of different colors, usually gray or brown and orange ╾ tab|by adjective …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 50tabby — tab·by || tæbɪ n. brown or grey cat with striped markings …

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