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pussycat

[poos-ee-kat] / ˈpʊs iˌkæt /


NOUN
kitten
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But I begin to wonder: Right now the lyrics are as nonsensical to her as an interspecies romance between and an owl and a pussycat, but that won’t always be the case.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2019

In the spirit of the old nursery rhyme she is a "pussycat pussycat who met the Queen" when Her Majesty visited the cathedral in 2013.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2018

She held onto the checked shirt with a pussycat bow she wore at her 1989 trial for smacking a Beverly Hills police officer after he pulled over her Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible for a traffic violation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 1, 2018

Though his ironic nickname is "Mr. Warmth" because of his caustic humor, in reality Rickles is a pussycat.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2017

He says, You made Patricia sad, Frankie, when you didn’t like the one about the owl and the pussycat.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

“As Alan Carr says, the faithful have got to up the nerve at the banishment table and behave less like pussycats and more like rottweilers,” said TV reporter Siobhan Synnot.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

Plus 1940s sipping-at-the-soda-shop starlet crepes in retro prints like rotary dial phones and slinky pussycats, or with judiciously placed rhinestones.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2017

IT can make engines sound like purring pussycats — or growling tigers.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2016

The food makers have found, moreover, that women shoppers are as finicky as pussycats about buying pet food; supermarkets now offer her some 124 canned, dry or semi-moist varieties from which to choose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barriers had thrown themselves down, these portentous, rigorous old pussycats admired her, even liked her.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson




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