pussies
- plural of pussy.
Example Sentences
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It is no longer the elderly lady who presides at the tea-kettle; the tabbies do not make or drink the teas; the younger pussies are the queens of four-o'clock tea.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
Well, the pussies are the willow flowers; and the balm-of-Gilead-tree has pussies too.
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne
Then how the pussy cats did mew, What else, poor pussies, could they do?
From Slovenly Betsy by Hoffmann, Heinrich
The next morning, after a long, sound sleep and a good breakfast of porridge and milk, Joan was as bright as a button, petted by Perry, playing with baby, and teasing the pussies.
From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Arthur, Frances Browne
Bertha A. F. saw the bluebirds at Sag Harbor, Long Island, on the day before St. Valentine's, and on February 20 she picked willow "pussies."
From Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
