Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Maltese (cat).
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Examples
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After a buffalo hunt with my original friend, Joe Ferris, I entered into partnership with Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris, and we started a cow ranch, with the maltese cross brandalways known as "maltee cross," by the way, as the general impression along the Little Missouri was that "maltese" must be a plural.
IV. In Cowboy Land 1913
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After a buffalo hunt with my original friend, Joe Ferris, I entered into partnership with Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris, and we started a cow ranch, with the maltese cross brand -- always known as "maltee cross," by the way, as the general impression along the Little Missouri was that "maltese" must be a plural.
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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Nate Rogers 'old maltee never shed all that alone; allowin' her a half barrel, there was all of another barrel spread around the premises.
Shavings Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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"You an 'mother ain't no more alike than a black an' a maltee," he said.
Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902
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After a buffalo hunt with my original friend, Joe Ferris, I entered into partnership with Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris, and we started a cow ranch, with the maltese cross brand -- always known as "maltee cross," by the way, as the general impression along the Little Missouri was that
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Black and white and maltee and blue and red and green -- "
Shavings Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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