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

At the end of 2019, she and her Labrador-mix, Millie, moved into the Arts and Crafts bungalow he then shared with his calico cat, Skooks.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2021

Mitchell made some drawings of their dining room: the view from the window, a basket of apples, flowers in a glass vase, her calico cat lounging on a pillow.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2019

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

Her picture does indeed resemble a calico cat with patches of black and orange.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2018

I carefully lifted Daisy Mae, my little calico cat, out of the crook of my arm and placed her at the foot of the bed and got up and opened my window.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam