tabby
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“I called Delta and my staff went and got me a carrier, and I brought this kitten home,” she said of the gray tabby the couple named Tex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Since then, the white and tabby cat, officially introduced on Downing Street's website as the "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office", has reigned supreme from the country's most photographed doorstep.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
When Alan gave his Persian tabby cat, Smokey, its regular flea treatment last year, he thought nothing could go wrong.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Genovese allegedly stole a 2 1/2-year-old orange tabby cat named Lancelot from a resident in Ventura, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
“Nell, have you seen the orange tabby around lately?” inquired Mrs. Nash sweetly.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
She contends that cats—from tabbies to tigers—are quintessential products of evolution.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
For example, if he hears the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs,” he expects tabbies and terriers to fall from the skies.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
There are spotted shorthairs, eyes turned upward in remorse; blue-and-green tabbies with Groucho Marx eyebrows knitted in confusion.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
These theatrical tabbies and toms will survive this latest wreck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
It attached itself to no person, as was the case with some of the others, but curiously took a particular fancy to one of my short-haired, silver-gray tabbies; the two appeared always together.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
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