calico cat
noun
a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.
Origin of calico cat
1First recorded in 1950–55
- Also called tortoise-shell cat.
Words Nearby calico cat
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How to use calico cat in a sentence
Chloe was a calico cat, yellow, with patches of dark and white spots.
Daisy | Miranda Eliot SwanIt was completely empty except for a calico cat moving purposefully toward Manhattan.
The Most Sentimental Man | Evelyn E. SmithLet not the drum major, gaudy as a calico cat, and his melodious cohort, be forgotten.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. CastlePerhaps like “the gingham dog and the calico cat”, they “ate each other up”.
The Pinos Altos Story | Dorothy WatsonThere in the sun, prone upon the top of the fence, dozed the bane of his life—the calico cat.
The Calico Cat | Charles Miner Thompson
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