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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

And forced bulbs fill the toughest slot in the calendar, when the garden may not offer much more than a pussy willow branch.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

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

Claims she was deliberately trying to channel Thatcher grew even louder when she posed for a photograph in a white pussy bow collar of the kind favoured by the Iron Lady.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022

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

It is seldom, if ever, that a cat is lost, the baskets containing the pussies never being opened, until inside the building, and then only with the greatest care.

From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables

One of the fat pussies jumped on her lap and purred.

From The Tin Soldier by Temple Bailey

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

“No, they don’t, not if you’re nicey to them,” said Olly; who was just then very much in love with a white kitten, and thought there were no creatures so delightful as pussies.

From Milly and Olly by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The pleasantest room in the house was set apart for Beth, and in it was gathered everything that she most loved, flowers, pictures, her piano, the little worktable, and the beloved pussies.

From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott