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  • Well, I agree, irritation with the Americans following the Christian blood myth are stepping on my so-called cat.

    SBC severs ties with Broadway Baptist of Fort Worth | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • And rubbing in the poisonous herbs, she poured him out half of what remained, and then went to the window to call her cat.

    The Orange Fairy Book 2003

  • He was very ill, you know, and he looked quite small and pathetic, he looked like a little bourgeois who has come out to collect the newspaper or call the cat.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • Libby Anne Cavers was on the other side, and Libby Anne was a force to be reckoned with, for she was little and lithe, and determined and quick, with the agility of a small, thin cat.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • In short, what the weaker of her own sex sometimes call a cat.

    Act I 1903

  • In short, what the weaker of her own sex sometimes call a cat.

    Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • He walked up past his house, and stopped and got his cart and called his cat.

    The Doers William John Hopkins 1894

  • "If you've a mind to liken yourself to one of those dreadful creatures that are always nibbling, I don't choose to be called a cat."

    The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

  • It's getting really cold in Rochester and maybe instead of a snuggie you could get a lap warmer - aka cat.

    ljcfyi 2010

  • Also, you've got to be kidding me, Bush referring to Obama as a "cat."

    Bush on Obama: 'This guy has no clue' 2009

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