catteries
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pluralof cattery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
catterynouna place where cats are kept and bred.
Example Sentences
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Few catteries provide their owners with livable incomes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It is at Kepwick Park that Mrs. McLaren Morrison has her celebrated "catteries."
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
The numberless kittens sporting all day long are worthy of the art of Madame Henriette Ronner, and one could linger for hours in these delightful and most comfortable catteries watching their gambols.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
My catteries were established in 1890, and at one time I had as many as 150 cats and kittens.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow
It aims also to establish straightforward and honest dealings among the catteries and to do away with the humbuggery which prevails in some quarters about the sales and valuation of high-bred cats.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow