tabby cat

tabby cat
noun
a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
Syn: ↑tabby
Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus

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tabby cat noun
1. A brindled cat, esp a greyish or brownish cat with dark stripes
2. Sometimes (perh from Tabitha) a female cat
3. An old maid
4. A spiteful gossiping woman
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Main Entry:tabby

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tabby [tabby tabbies] [ˈtæbi] [ˈtæbi] noun (pl. tabbies) (also ˈtabby cat)
a cat with brown or grey fur marked with dark lines or spots
 
Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish): from French tabis, based on Arabic al-‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured.

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