Meaning of tom cat | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of tomcat.

alt-of, archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“There was but one a real maid, / And ſhe ſo very ugly, that / You’d take⟳ her for a great Tom cat, / And therefore ſhe could never hire⟳ / A man that would attempt⟳ to try⟳ her.”

““How you talk⟳!” / “Talk⟳, miss⟳! It’s enough to make⟳ a Tom cat talk⟳ French grammar, only to see⟳ how she tosses her head,” replied the handmaid.”

“The battle is so nearly equal, however, that whenever the two gentlemen meet⟳ they glare at each other like⟳ black Tom cats in a strange garret.”

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