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“As women have found their voice politically, they have begun to express themselves sartorially,” Friedman wrote in 2017, “be it through white pantsuits, so-called pussy hats or the modest fashion movement.”

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024

Probably the best-known catkin showoff — beloved by bees, gardeners and flower arrangers — is the Japanese pink pussy willow Mt.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Since the anniversary fell on Palm Sunday, they also carried pussy willows and other tree branches, which is a Roman Catholic tradition on the Sunday before Easter.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

And look at what M3gan wears: an inverted-pleat shift, accessorized with a statement pussy bow worn over a long-sleeve striped Beatnik top.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

I began to see my classmates’ clothes, their skin tones, and the dust that waved off pussy willows.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

At nearly all the shows—at all events at all the great shows—Mr Sillet, the well-known naturalist of Southampton, has the arrangement of the pens or cages for the pussies.

From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables

Well, the pussies are the willow flowers; and the balm-of-Gilead-tree has pussies too.

From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Daphne Dale

Bertha A. F. saw the bluebirds at Sag Harbor, Long Island, on the day before St. Valentine's, and on February 20 she picked willow "pussies."

From Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

The cats were borrowed: big cats and little cats, sleepy old pussies and lively young kits, gray cats, white cats, and "cherry-colored cats," as the placard read.

From Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Nurse fed him; then, as the air was mild and the sun warm, she put on his coat and cap and carried him into the garden to watch the pussies at play.

From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Frances Browne Arthur