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pussy

[poos-ee] / ˈpʊs i /
NOUN
a cat, especially a kitten
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“As women have found their voice politically, they have begun to express themselves sartorially,” Friedman wrote in 2017, “be it through white pantsuits, so-called pussy hats or the modest fashion movement.”

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024

And forced bulbs fill the toughest slot in the calendar, when the garden may not offer much more than a pussy willow branch.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

Since the anniversary fell on Palm Sunday, they also carried pussy willows and other tree branches, which is a Roman Catholic tradition on the Sunday before Easter.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

And look at what M3gan wears: an inverted-pleat shift, accessorized with a statement pussy bow worn over a long-sleeve striped Beatnik top.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

And when there were no flowers, it held a leaf arrangement, a gathering of twigs and berries, pussy willow, Scotch pine.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Nurse fed him; then, as the air was mild and the sun warm, she put on his coat and cap and carried him into the garden to watch the pussies at play.

From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Frances Browne Arthur

Then how the pussy-cats did mew, What else, poor pussies, could they do?

From Caw! Caw! : the Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time by RM

Now," said the little girl, "you have grown to be such big pussies that it is time you learned to work.

From A Kindergarten Story Book by Jane L. Hoxie

On the 23d of March I picked some willow "pussies."

From Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Then how the pussy cats did mew, What else, poor pussies, could they do?

From Slovenly Betsy by Heinrich Hoffmann




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