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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Tabitha .
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Examples
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The nickname Tabby is cute, but the name really blossoms in its full form.
Pamela Redmond Satran: Baby Names: Ten Underrated Beauties 2009
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(Left) Jasmine our Calico Cat has stolen Buttercup's purple pillow, and the little Golden Tabby is NOT happy about it.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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They didn't even _look_ queer at each other, and Rosslyn said they had a kitten they called Tabby and it was the smartest cat they ever saw.
Tabitha at Ivy Hall Ruth Alberta Brown
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Flanking him were his faithful acolyte m. le secreta ire and his less faithful m. le conseiller, alias Tabby, whom Maxie wouldn't trust to tell him the time of day.
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Flanking him were his faithful acolyte m. le secreta ire and his less faithful m. le conseiller, alias Tabby, whom Maxie wouldn't trust to tell him the time of day.
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Tabby, that is making humility go a little too far.
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell
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One of the kittens was white, one was black, and one gray, just like her mother, who was called Tabby Gray from the color of her coat.
Mother Stories Maud Lindsay
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I absolutley hate to be called Tabby, so I hope they don't do that to her, and now that my name might be more popular … … just maybe I will be able to buy all that stuff that has girls and boys names on it, on the the racks in all the stores, you know? keychains, bracelets, toothbrushes, as a kid I never could find my name on those things
WordPress.com News 2009
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When the conversation was over, I tried to call Tabby at her mother’s.
on writing by stephen king scribner 2000
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Eda (female) mice were identified morphologically by the distinctive striping of the coat that gave these mutants their original name, 'Tabby'.
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