Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A puss or cat.
- noun The silky catkin of various willows, in England chiefly of Salix Caprea, the common sallow. Also applied to the catkins of Populus alba.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal An affectionate term for a cat; same as
pussy . - noun A gentle or
soft-hearted person.
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Examples
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Yesterday I sat the pussy-cat down for a round of grooming, and she behaved more or less exactly the way she always does -- which is to say, she acted like I was trying to set her on fire.
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OpEdNews - Article: Viewed against a backdrop of draconian US Homeland Security provisions, Venezuela's efforts are but a pussy-cat!
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Viewed against a backdrop of draconian US Homeland Security provisions, Venezuela's efforts are but a pussy-cat! yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Viewed against a backdrop of draconian US Homeland Security provisions, Venezuela\'s efforts are but a pussy-cat!'
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If Obama ever made a speach with a metaphor about him being a tiger fighting for the working class I would fully expect team McCain to call him a pussy-cat.
"'It’s still a pig,' he said to loud applause," says Jeff Zeleny of the NYT, featuring Obama's defense of the Lipsticked Pig remark. Ann Althouse 2008
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* And hopefully I'll arrive with one intact pussy-cat * MEOW!
Voice Post: wyldkyss 2006
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Viewed against a backdrop of draconian US Homeland Security provisions, Venezuela's efforts are but a pussy-cat!
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To the right of this text you shall see one spoiled pussy-cat, sitting on an envelope.
writing stuff 2005
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Instead of a tiger appeared a harmless, quiet, unobtrusive and not unpleasing pussy-cat, which declined to be in any way notable.
The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006
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I'm not completely charmed by The Feline Mystique; it's less the promised "here are some interesting critical and psychological connections" than "me and my cutest, most preciousest pussy-cat in the whole wide world."
For I will consider my Cat Spainy, For she is the servant of the Living God... moriarty6 2004
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I think Cal was probably best represented by Growl Tiger, that bravado hero who was really a showy pussy-cat.
badger Diary Entry badger 2006
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