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Definition of Maltese cat
1. Noun. A term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat.
Definition of Maltese cat
1. Noun. Any cat of indeterminate breed, with primarily gray or blue fur. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maltese Cat
Literary usage of Maltese cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE Maltese cat THEY had good reason to be proud, and better reason to be afraid,
all twelve of them ; for though they had fought their way, game by game, ..."
2. Farmingby Richard Kendall Munkittrick by Richard Kendall Munkittrick (1891)
"... smile was the rainbow that followed the storm which came through the roof and
depressed the kitchen fire and the Maltese cat. Her words of sympathy made ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling, Charles Wolcott Balestier (1911)
"THE Maltese cat THEY had good reason to be proud, and better reason to be afraid,
all twelve of them ; for though they had fought their way, game by game, ..."
4. The Vassar Miscellany by Vassar College (1879)
"What's a maltese cat ?" Careful explanation, and then she meditates: " Maltese
cats —maltese cross—do maltese cats look like crosses? ..."
5. The Bookman (1898)
"We have always felt that had " The Maltese cat" been a jungle beast, this story
would have taken a very prominent place in one or other of the Jungle Books. ..."
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