Maltese cat
[ mawl-teez-kat, -tees ]
noun
a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
Origin of Maltese cat
1First recorded in 1855–60
- Also called Mal·tese .
Words Nearby Maltese cat
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How to use Maltese cat in a sentence
A friend of ours had a beautiful Maltese cat named Primrose.
Daisy | Miranda Eliot SwanI have got a Maltese cat and four beautiful kittens, and should like to send the gentleman one of the kittens if he wants one.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason ThompsonAt the feet of the sexton's wife, for such she was, reposed a Maltese cat, purring softly by way of showing her contentment.
Paul Prescott's Charge | Horatio AlgerThey were playing the last ounce in them, and The Maltese cat had left the goal undefended to join them.
The Day's Work, Volume 1 | Rudyard KiplingThe Maltese cat had put his nose into the front of Lutyens' shirt and was trying to say how sorry he was.
The Day's Work, Volume 1 | Rudyard Kipling
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