alley cat

Example Sentences

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And although he has his own sleeping space in a spare room, the former alley cat of late seems to have discovered that bedding down with humans clearly has its charms.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

“I thought ‘Well, that’s like one alley cat laughing at another alley cat — it’s all farm and dirt,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

Today Rampling lives with two cats – a huge Maine Coon called Joe and an alley cat called Felix.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2021

You gotta get on out of here with that alley cat, coat-wearing, hush-puppy-wearing crumb cake I saw you with.

From Slate • May 6, 2018

Mommy ignored them all, unless the insults threatened her children, at which time she would turn and fight back like an alley cat, hissing, angry, and fearless.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride