shorthair
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the catio, Poolboy, a domestic shorthair, licked a Churu treat from a visiting reader’s hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
"Here's my offering - the shorthair is a boy named Bob and the calico is a girl named Marley."
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025
A 2023 study in the journal Behavioral Processes studied 53 adult domestic shorthair cats at a cat café, obtaining 194 minutes of footage with 186 different cat interactions.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024
Galena, her 6-year-old American shorthair, had sneaked inside a 3-by-3-foot cardboard Amazon returns package alongside five pairs of steel-toed boots.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
She tells how Momo, a domestic shorthair named after a steam-filled Nepalese dumpling, “sleeps like a baby in the middle between me and my husband.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
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