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tabby

[tab-ee] / ˈtæb i /


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When the slumber party started at 8 p.m., the eight attendees gathered in Tail Town’s front lobby, home to resident fluffy cat queen Miss Yvonne and office manager Grizzly Bear, a brown tabby.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Enter Sleek, the crabby tabby cat, and the Rev. Vicarious Cronch, the biblically recondite goat: interlocutors, speaking beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Since then, the white and tabby cat, officially introduced on Downing Street's website as the "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office", has reigned supreme from the country's most photographed doorstep.

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

When Alan gave his Persian tabby cat, Smokey, its regular flea treatment last year, he thought nothing could go wrong.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2025

“Nell, have you seen the orange tabby around lately?” inquired Mrs. Nash sweetly.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

She contends that cats—from tabbies to tigers—are quintessential products of evolution.

From Scientific American Oct. 4, 2023

There are spotted shorthairs, eyes turned upward in remorse; blue-and-green tabbies with Groucho Marx eyebrows knitted in confusion.

From New York Times Aug. 19, 2021

“There are so many of them who need to be adopted that are typically tabbies or black cats or older cats,” she said.

From Washington Post Aug. 14, 2021

These theatrical tabbies and toms will survive this latest wreck.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2019

In the tabbies the Mayor’s Chain should swirl around the chest.

From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables




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