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Those who want the best for their pet are going to go out on a limb to make sure that their pet is as comfortable as possible.

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  1. noun An animal kept for amusement or companionship.
  2. noun An object of the affections.
  3. noun A person especially loved or indulged; a favorite: the teacher's pet.
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  • And it's important to him because your pet is an instinctual digger. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Those who want the best for their pet are going to go out on a limb to make sure that their pet is as comfortable as possible. —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
  • Surprise, surprise: the kind of people that want a potentially dangerous dog as a pet are the kind of people that also commit crimes. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • For many, a pet is almost equivalent to an important family member.
  • If you think your pet is among those listed, you may visit the Humane Society of Washington County at 13011 Maugansville Road. —  The Herald-Mail Online
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favourite ·  toy ·  baby ·  tame ·  cat ·  darling ·  only ·  companion ·  giant ·  pretty ·  dozen ·  female

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pet:   petting ·  pets ·  petted
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Scottish Gaelic peata, tame animal, pet, from Old Irish.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. Formerly also pett, peat, peate; from Irish peat, a pet, as adjective petted, = Gaelic peata, a pet, a tame animal. The word may have been associated with petty, little, but it could not be derived from petty.
  2. from pet, n.
  3. apparently due to pettish, taken as ‘capricious,’ from pet, a fit of ill humor, caprice, + -ish, but orig. apparently ‘like a favorite child,’ i. e. ‘like a spoiled child,’ from pet + -ish; the sense is affected also by the unrelated petulant. See pet.
 

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