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Definition of Hairball
1. Noun. A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur).
Definition of Hairball
1. Noun. A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming. ¹
2. Noun. (slang figuratively) A messy, tangled, intractable, stay-away-from-it issue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hairball
1. a ball of hair [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairball
Literary usage of Hairball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"This is by no means unique either as regards the age of the patient or the weight
of the hairball : there is in the Museum of the College of Surgeons here ..."
2. The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities by John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles (1869)
"hairball, a spherical mass of hair, several of " which are sometimes found in
the stomachs of " oxen, deer, and other animals, and are some- " times voided ..."
3. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"The list, I knew, was probably hundreds of messages long and was sure to be a
sprawling hairball of contradiction and recrimination. ..."
4. The Historical Magazine (1869)
"A friend at hand remarks that he has found the hairball in the stomach of a deer.
And we might suppose that they would be found in this country, ..."
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