shorthair

[shawrt-hair]

noun

1. a domestic cat with a coat of short, thick hair; a cat of a shorthaired breed.

Example Sentences

In the catio, Poolboy, a domestic shorthair, licked a Churu treat from a visiting reader’s hand.

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Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his back, pawing playfully at the air.

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“That’s the magic of this home,” she said as her 2-year-old British shorthair cat, Zuse, curled up elegantly on a velvet chair she purchased at the Gramercy Park Hotel liquidation sale.

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But they couldn’t find the other cat — a fluffy white shorthair with what looks like a black-and-brown mask — named Mr. Thelma.

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"Here's my offering - the shorthair is a boy named Bob and the calico is a girl named Marley."

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