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Definition of Tabbies
1. tabby [v] - See also: tabby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabbies
Literary usage of Tabbies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science by James Burnley (1886)
"... and Priestley—Prince Rupert and the Rusty Gun—Signora Galvani and her Dish of
Frogs — The Bayonet — A Dream that Came True— " Water-tabbies "—Murdoch's ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The most usual colors in tabby cats are yellow, marked with orange or red, making
what are called orange tabbies; yellow brown, marked with black, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The most usual colors in tabby-cats are yellow, marked with orange or red, making
what are called orange tabbies ; yellow brown, ..."
4. Real Life in Ireland: Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and by Pierce Egan, Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath (1904)
"... Ireland's Eye—Lambay—Hill of Howth—Crowning the King of Dalkey—Drowning certain
characters—Battle of the cats— tabbies and Blues—A patent risk machine—A ..."
5. The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science by James Burnley (1886)
"... and Priestley—Prince Rupert and the Rusty Gun—Signora Galvani and her Dish of
Frogs — The Bayonet — A Dream that Came True— " Water-tabbies "—Murdoch's ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The most usual colors in tabby cats are yellow, marked with orange or red, making
what are called orange tabbies; yellow brown, marked with black, ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The most usual colors in tabby-cats are yellow, marked with orange or red, making
what are called orange tabbies ; yellow brown, ..."
8. Real Life in Ireland: Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and by Pierce Egan, Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath (1904)
"... Ireland's Eye—Lambay—Hill of Howth—Crowning the King of Dalkey—Drowning certain
characters—Battle of the cats— tabbies and Blues—A patent risk machine—A ..."
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