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tabby

[tab-ee] / ˈtæb i /


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A 13-year-old tabby cat that went missing 10 years ago has found her way back home.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“My favorite part about Tail Town is the different cat personalities, and when the cats get adopted,” said volunteer Darlene Zobel, petting a white and brown tabby, Hana, on her lap.

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

There was no one, only the placid tabby cat gazing at me from under the shelter of the eaves.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

By varying the number of warp threads, weavers could create common Icelandic patterns, mostly basic weaves known as twills and tabbies.

From Scientific American Sep. 15, 2022

For example, if he hears the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs,” he expects tabbies and terriers to fall from the skies.

From Washington Post Dec. 21, 2021

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

These theatrical tabbies and toms will survive this latest wreck.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2019

What a rustle and a bustle of silks and satins, of flowered tabbies, rich brocades, cut velvets, superfine cloths, woollens, cloth of gold!

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop




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