calico cat

American  

noun

1. a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.

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Etymology

Origin of calico cat

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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calico cat

Edsel, the calico cat, sprawled across a reporter’s notebook, knocking the pen out of the way, and began to purr amiably.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

It was a fraction the size of the Zeng family house, but it was cozy and immaculate with wall-to-wall carpeting, shelves of books, most of them Christian, and a calico cat sprawled underfoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019

There was a little calico cat that hung around the shop then.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 6, 2016

And so I have decided not to make matters worse by purchasing one for my calico cat, despite “significant experiential learning” from her studies in ornithology.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2014

She’s got a calico cat that sometimes lives with them—it comes and goes.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes