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tabby
adjective
uk/ˈtæb.i/ us/ˈtæb.i/Meaning of tabby in English
(Definition of tabby from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of tabby
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And that tabby cat preening itself in the corner?
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Shut in a lavatory were two female tabby kittens about seven to eight weeks old.
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Is it necessary in this day and age that the city gentleman, or, for that matter, the country gentleman should emulate the fat neutered tabby?
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One wonders what "generally" means and whether her great football team is turning into a team of tabby cats.
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Instead, it set up a staff consultative committee, a tabby cat of an organisation that could discuss virtually nothing.
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Indeed, the football team may be tabby cats that roll over to have their tummies tickled.
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Can he assure us that the council will not be a tame tabby cat for food companies but will instead defend the rights of the consumer?
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Whether it is an old tabby cat or whether it becomes a jungle beast with a taste for blood depends on how power politics develop in the future.
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Sokokes have blotched tabby coats in shades of brown, with amber to light-green eyes.
The term tabby cat, one with a striped coat, is attested from the 1690s; the shortened form tabby was first attested in 1774.
She is striped and dark, perhaps a dark tabby or tortoiseshell.
The two-story, tabby house dates to the early- to mid- 19th century.
The foundation walls are solid under the two-story portion of the house; the one-story portion is supported on brick and tabby piers.
The site has a tabby foundation pier and the partial outlines of a structure.
It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures.
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とら猫（毛皮が縞模様の猫）…
tekir kedi…
chat/-atte tigré/-e…
gat tigrat…
gestreepte poes…
stribet kat…
strimmig katt…
kucing belang…
getigerte Katze…
stripet katt…
смугаста кішка…
полосатая кошка…
قِطّ ذو فرْو بِخُطوط داكِنة…
mourek…
kucing loreng…
แมวลายสีน้ำตาลหรือสีเทา…
mèo mướp…
pręgowany kot, bury kot…
얼룩 고양이…
gatto soriano, (gatto tigrato)…
