pussy
noun
a cat, especially a kitten.
pussies
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pluralof pussy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now," said the little girl, "you have grown to be such big pussies that it is time you learned to work.
From A Kindergarten Story Book by Jane L. Hoxie
The cats were borrowed: big cats and little cats, sleepy old pussies and lively young kits, gray cats, white cats, and "cherry-colored cats," as the placard read.
From Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
It is seldom, if ever, that a cat is lost, the baskets containing the pussies never being opened, until inside the building, and then only with the greatest care.
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
The robins and the bluebirds came here about the middle of February, and if it does not get colder, willow "pussies" will be out in a few days.
From Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
I doesn't know nuffin' 'bout the Happy Land—nuffin' much, anyway, 'cept what nurse's hymn says—but I knows Firgrove, and I love Auntie Alice, and the pussies, and baby when he's not cryin'.
From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Frances Browne Arthur
