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Definition of Kitty-cat

1. Noun. Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.

Definition of Kitty-cat

1. Noun. (colloquial usually childish) A domestic cat (species Feles catus.) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitty-cat

Literary usage of Kitty-cat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heath Readers: Primer [-sixth] Reader by D.C. Heath and Company (1903)
"Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat, With new fur shoes on; Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat. Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat, With new fur shoes on, ..."

2. Heath Readers: Primer [-sixth] Reader by D.C. Heath and Company (1903)
"Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat, With new fur shoes on; Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat. Go to sleep, you little kitty-cat, With new fur shoes on, ..."

3. Holton-Curry Readers by Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry (1914)
"kitty-cat! My kitty-cat! igh says long i: igh t ight n ight night igh t ight t ight tight Expression Drill: It is far, far, far away. I came a long, long, ..."

4. The New Beacon Primer by James Hiram Fassett (1921)
"And Old Mother Cat said, "Oh, you funny little kitty cat! ... And Little Kitty Cat said, "Yes, yes, I can smell with my one little nose. ..."

5. School Dialogues and Entertainments for Grammar Grades by Harriet H. Pierson (1910)
"That little girl's name was Kathie, too, kitty-cat, just the same's mine. ... There was a bed-room, kitty-cat, and a dinner-room and a kitchen and a parlor ..."

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