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- noun
tomcat ,tom (male cat )
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Examples
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Piazza thereof, he with the said fall killed a singed he-cat, a wet she-cat, a farting duck, and a bridled goose.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Piazza thereof, he with the said fall killed a singed he-cat, a wet she-cat, a farting duck, and a bridled goose.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Qwilleran took his place behind the circulation desk, on which were two boxes of names and one nonchalant he-cat.
The Cat Who Sang For The Birds Braun, Lilian Jackson 1998
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At Pylas 'signal, we paced forward at a walk, as the he-cat does first before he springs.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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It is said that the red tabby she-cat is as scarce as the tortoise-shell he-cat.
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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Several tortoise-shell and white toms have been exhibited since, and one of these has taken nine first prizes at the Crystal Palace Show; but the tortoise-shell he-cat is extremely rare.
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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"Splint, 'cause w'en I was picked up, a small babby, at the work'us door, my left leg was broke, an 'they' ad to putt it up in splints; Tommy, 'cause they said I was like a he-cat; w'ich was a lie!"
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At last, when he saw that they were all dead, he threw the body of Loupgarou as hard as he could against the city, where falling like a frog upon his belly in the great Piazza thereof, he with the said fall killed a singed he-cat, a wet she-cat, a farting duck, and a bridled goose.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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If virtues were as common as the air we breathe, and vices as rare as a Queen Anne's farthing or a tortoiseshell he-cat, we might suppose it a nian's ordinary destiny to find, in all his friends and acquaintance, qualities of so en - gaging a character that cMily strong encomiastic phrases could properly describe them.
The life of Richard Cumberland, esq. Embracing a critical examination of his various writings. With an occasional literary inquiry into the age in which he lived, and the contemporaries with whom he flourished Mudford, William, 1782-1848 1812
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a tortoise-shell he-cat at the Crystal Palace Show of 1871.
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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