alley cat
Example Sentences
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I suppose she is referring to an alley cat or perhaps a jackal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
