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

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

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

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

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes