tabby

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  1. noun A rich watered silk.
  2. noun A fabric of plain weave.
  3. noun A domestic cat with a striped or brindled coat of a gray or tawny color.
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  • They talked on occasion, when the tabby was bored, and it made a point of telling her she was lucky to work for the Maker, who was too consumed by his craft ever to bother making life difficult for her. —  FSF,January2006
  • It was a tabby, looked to be not more than 4 months old, and it just came into the school and wandered around. —  Stuff On My Cat Feed
  • - Keywords: butterfly garden flower insect macro Photo: Orange Tabby Kitten Close-Uporange tabby kitten close up headKeywords: kitten kittens cat cats pet tabby orange whiskers animal vet veterinarian Photo: BeeKeywords: bee flower pollen insect nature Photo: MaggyHead shot […] music Into movies. —  Rangerrob Outdoor News and Information Magazine
  • I have a 4 year old female tabby (has only one kidney) that has very hot ears to the touch.? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Personally, I wouldn't hold out too much hope for the tabby cat's return, —  TotalVideoGames.com
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. French tabis, from Old French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabī, from Arabic 'attābī, after al-'Attābīya, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.

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  1. Formerly also taby, tabis (and tabin); from French tabis = Spanish tabí = Portuguese tabi = Italian tabì (Middle Latin attabi), from Arabic 'attābī, a rich watered silk, from 'Attabiya, a quarter in Bagdad where it was first manufactured, from 'Attāb, a prince, great-grandson of Omeyya.
  2. from tabby, n.
  3. Abbr. of tabby-cat.
  4. Origin obscure; perhaps of Morocco (Arabic) origin.
 

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