| 单词 | tabby |
| 例句 | I jumped back up, and the tabby prowled around me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There was no one, only the placid tabby cat gazing at me from under the shelter of the eaves. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When Mum Olga had me clean out the root cellar, and I found a tabby with her litter of kittens, Char learned of my delight. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A little orange tabby with stripes like a tiger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We drove past Gran’s neighbor’s junkyard, where some kid was pedaling his bike with a vengeance, and that same fat orange tabby was lounging in the grass. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone—except for a valiant tabby companion—at a strange train depot with not a familiar face in sight? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A fat orange tabby lay on his back in the grass, his four legs sprawled out in all directions. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z "Fine. Let's just get on with it. See that tabby over there?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I looked over toward the cage, and there on the other side of the window was a pathetic tabby face looking in. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z A short distance behind Dandelion, in the grass, was the white-chested tabby, wide-eyed, tail lashing, crouching. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat, a tabby with white chest and paws, was at the further end of the little yard, walking slowly and deliberately along the side of a pile of logs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a nice, big, fat domestic cat, a 450-pound tabby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Meaghan was talking about getting a kitten and was trying to decide between a calico and a tabby. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to smile at the tabby, but it had gone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As he pulled into the driveway of number four, the first thing he saw — and it didn’t improve his mood — was the tabby cat he’d spotted that morning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I grabbed the tabby by the scruff of the neck and tried to push him off, with less than no success. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She could see no children playing or running after their mothers, only cats: black, white, ginger, tortoiseshell, tabby cats, lying in the warm sun on top of walls, in doorways, on lintels. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Only the high wailing continued, and then both Will and Lyra saw what it was: a tabby cat, cowering against the wall of the tower, its ear torn and its tail bent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At this moment a second cat—Hazel’s tabby—came round the further end of the farmhouse and made toward them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The tabby cat purred as he walked in and brushed against Daoud's leg. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A large tabby cat lounged on the top step, watching us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She was carrying an orange tabby cat in her arms. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I ducked behind a trash can as the tabby leaped away into the darkness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Let’s say you want to remember ten animals: elephant, giraffe, cow, duck, bison, echidna,* sheep, praying mantis, ladybug, and tabby cat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The tabby—Sargon—and the jet-black one wove between my legs, purring softly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Not with them but not far behind came the tabby cat. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Where is the painting of a snarling tabby to counter Francis Bacon’s feral mutt? | Cats, the New Rulers of the Art World 2013-07-09T22:50:00Z My husband asked, when he caught me swaddling our tabby in a throw blanket. The kids are (going to be) all right: Our special snowflakes are leaving home — to make the world better 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Their place was also home to Cleo, a gray tiger-striped tabby who loves to bound about for hours in the snow. No slopes required: Washington state’s cross-country ski oasis 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Peele is Rell Williams, the kitten’s owner: He’s just broken up with his girlfriend when this tiny tabby charmer shows up at his door. Review: In 'Keanu,' Key and Peele Let a Cat Steal the Show 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The huddled concrete forms of “Marsh Ruins” are covered in a layer of tabby, a crushed-shell mixture used in the construction of plantations in the nearby Sea Islands. Haunting ‘Ruins and Rituals’ Begins ‘A Year of Yes’ at Brooklyn Museum 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The amusingly proud young man resembles a scrawny tabby himself. Movie Review: ‘2013 Sundance Film Festival Short Films’ at IFC Center 2013-12-26T19:03:34Z In a program note Robin Lane, the company’s founder and artistic director and this production’s director and choreographer, says Do Jump! once presented a show written by her orange tabby. Spare Times: For Children, for April 6-12 2012-04-05T21:26:58Z There was Chicken Nugget, a Siamese the color of bread crumbs; Fiesta, a squat tabby with a disdainful look; and Mona, the visible tip of her tongue lending a look of concentration. We wanted a new kitten. The coronavirus pandemic meant everyone else did, too. 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z In black and charcoal, with fake furs in brown and tabby orange, the collection also included cute knits. On the Runway: Junya Watanabe Takes Leather for a Ride 2011-03-05T19:55:45Z Thus the “Marsh Ruins,” for instance, can help us notice the tabby cemeteries dotted around the region. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z It also comes equipped with a bell, and is available in three different colors: white, black or tabby. For the love of artificial hymens: 10 of the weirdest sex toys for women 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z As in life, very little separated comedy from drama, mostly musical tension: would Snooky the tabby vanquish the metronome or merely continue twitching in evil rhythm? Internet Cat Video Film Festival, at Walker Art Center 2012-08-31T19:55:50Z With their bulging eyes, bushy tails, long muzzles and slender, knobby fingers, lemurs look like a cross between a tabby cat and E.T. Spare Times for Children for April 11-17 2014-04-10T23:03:12Z The slave houses and the mansion are constructed of tabby, a type of concrete made with lime from burned oyster shells mixed with sand, water, ash and crushed oyster shells. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A former barrister, she knows how to spot a cat burglar when she sees one, especially when he's a large tabby with a chewed ear and a handkerchief round his neck that says Atticus Claw. Top tips for writing animals with human characteristics: Jennifer Gray 2012-10-02T12:35:27Z By this reckoning, British tabbies were descendants of British wildcats. Endangered: the plight of Scotland's wildcats 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z You step on me like I’m a welcome mat, So if, tabby, I’m your servant, you’re the cat. Style Invitational: What do you mean ‘What are these’? 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z A black cat A tabby cat A siamese cat A ginger cat With what spell does Hermione Granger impress everyone in one of her first classes at Hogwarts? Witches in fiction - quiz 2012-07-06T08:00:00Z She merely sought and received permission from the state marshland authority for “a partially buried sculpture of tabby over concrete to achieve a look of ancient ruins.” A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Carlile raised her phone to show me a photo of a tiny gray tabby with tired eyes and a mouth like a child’s shaky line drawing. Brandi Carlile Has Always Seen Herself Clearly. Now It’s Our Turn. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Stroll the waterfront where the shrimpboats dock, and check out the tabby ruins, built using an old coastal construction technique that mixes oyster shells with concrete. Georgia Coast Road Trip 2010-08-25T17:48:00Z I expect the actor who had to crouch menacingly on top of a dresser never meant to remind us of an aggravated tabby, but who knows? Review: Deep in the Woods, Something ‘Feral’ Stirs 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Elijah McClain, 23, a massage therapist killed by police in Aurora, Colorado, in 2019, is pictured playing the violin next to a tabby cat. ‘A way we resist’: Quilts honor victims of racial violence 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z These align with the reviews from my home, both from humans and animal: our cat, also an orange tabby, joined the ranks of felines mesmerized by game play. The video game "Stray" taps into why we fancy being a cat 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z She might add a tabby brick to a graveyard; place an ephemeral rock arrangement by the roadside; immerse a concrete piece in the Ocmulgee River to sink, or a wood one to drift away. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z “There are so many of them who need to be adopted that are typically tabbies or black cats or older cats,” she said. Would you like to adopt Adam Sandler? He’s small and scaly and available. 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z What look from afar like a random trio of rocks are in fact constructions of concrete topped with tabby, a historic material in this region formed from oyster shells, sand and water. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z That afternoon, on the bottom edge of a linen curtain that was pooling on the rug, sat a fat tabby named Alex. A Story of Love and Obsession 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z At least one aspect of Lagerfeld’s life that was decidedly unlike that of a pampered tabby was his work ethic. Karl Lagerfeld, the Designer Who Dressed to Survive 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z “He literally grew up in a cage,” Dunn said, pointing to a playful tabby named Cooper who found new owners off the bat. Nation's First Cat Cafe Opens in Oakland 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z A stray tabby and a cloud of fireflies crowd its lanes. ‘Romeo N Juliet,’ From the Classical Theater of Harlem 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z In my borrowed PJs, I drove home and crawled into bed with the 12-year-old tabby cat I rescued when I was 23. Thirtysomething, bisexual, single and satisfied: Your breeder friends can’t bare it 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The ginger tabby, who is believed to have been living as a stray, was taken to the RSPCA’s Putney Animal Hospital for treatment. 'Grump Cat 2.0' going viral after being rescued off street 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The story is unremarkable, but its execution zings, as an orange tabby is accidentally abandoned and lands in the eccentric home of an elderly magician. Lost Cat Finds a Home in ‘Thunder and the House of Magic’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z What should be a cute story about a mischievous orange tabby cat instead becomes an ironic, even vaguely smug movie in the vein of something like “Deadpool.” ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Review: A Cool Cat and His Band of Merry Rodents 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The mansion’s foundation reveals it was the largest tabby home built on the South Carolina coast. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Fallen sections of tabby revealed the concrete substrate traversed by deep fissures. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Rosy dew-fogged apples poke out of the undergrowth and tabby kittens run, stop suddenly and look around, as if forgetting what they came for. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z “Your piano’s an old maid with a gray tabby on her lap,” Rosetta says bluntly. Review: ‘Marie and Rosetta’ Ruminates on Gospel, R&B and Life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z A gray cat stares quietly at a nearby orange tabby, squinting her eyes, flattening her ears, and licking her lips. Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z She contends that cats—from tabbies to tigers—are quintessential products of evolution. Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z A tabby cat has become a social media star after being pictured in shop checkouts in a town centre. Didcot shops cat becomes a social media star 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z They soothed their plump, imperious long-haired tabby and swept up the splintered drywall and ceiling tiles that littered the common entryway. Sleepless in Kyiv: In wartime capital, the stress of long fight weighs on everyone. Somehow, people cope 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Earlier this spring, Mr. Holden noticed an orange tabby lurking in a garage in the alley behind his apartment in Flatbush. How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The tabby glares back, wrinkles his nose, and pulls back his whiskers. Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The tabby died last week after he was hit by a car that failed to stop. Could Hugo the west end cat change the law? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Willow's owner, who did not want to be named, described the tabby as a "kind, gentle cat". Didcot shops cat becomes a social media star 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z But the mother of all Chess.com bots, introduced only for the month of January, was Mittens, an anime-esque tabby cat with big green eyes that look a little sad. The Grandmaster Plan to Turn Hordes of Kids Into Chess Fanatics 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The contrast between tiny wooden and tabby homes on family compounds and newer, modern homes with double the square footage built atop cemented stilts is apparent. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Now at my place in Port Angeles, there are neighborhood stragglers that come around: a beautiful orange tabby, a small adolescent black cat, a gray orange-ish white adolescent. If you’ve loved and lost a pet, you’ll get these tales of readers’ grief 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z If she managed to get someone on the phone, Jacqueline Benitez would inquire about square footage, about parking, about whether the landlord might accept a rescue tabby named Kiwi. A Homeless Student Received Aid for an Apartment. Then Came the Hard Part. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Our titular tabby is living a swashbuckler’s life, swilling leche, singing songs, saving towns, raking in the adoration and accolades, when he dies his eighth death, landing him on his ninth, and final, life. ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ movie review: A ferocious feline’s final life 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Our titular tabby is living a swashbuckler’s life, swilling leche, singing songs, saving towns, raking in the adoration and accolades, when he dies his eighth death, landing him in his ninth, and final, life. Review: Fast and furrious, 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' demonstrates a lust for life 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Stray captured plenty of people’s attention this summer with its cinematic visuals of a realistic-looking tabby cat scampering around a city menaced by robots and other hazards. Making ‘indie’ video games gets trickier as industry evolves 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z She didn’t know her tabby was missing until airport officials reached her. Cat’s out of the bag when TSA finds stowaway feline at JFK 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z And two weeks after the storm, Lee County Domestic Animal Services found Zoey, a 7-year-old tabby, not far from his home. Three weeks after Ian, hard-hit Floridians are still searching for lost pets 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The couple has a rescue tabby cat, Billie Jean, who “is not terribly thrilled that all the attention is not on her,” Ross said. Los Feliz couple encounter surprise in their driveway: mountain lion believed to be P-22 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z By varying the number of warp threads, weavers could create common Icelandic patterns, mostly basic weaves known as twills and tabbies. Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Milky White, in other words, became the stand-in for everyone’s own golden retriever or tabby. ‘Into the Woods’ has a magical cow. Meet the man who mooves her. 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Which shows the probability that both kittens are tabby? High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z A litter of kittens available for adoption at the Humane Society has four tabby kittens and five black kittens. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z Thylacines are so unlike other animals that they’re in their own taxonomic family, just as dogs are in one family of mammals and cats—from tigers to tabbies—are in another. De-extinction Company Aims to Resurrect the Tasmanian Tiger 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well. “Stray” cat video game brings some benefits to real cats 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Outside Building 25, a few minutes after a stray tabby cat finished eating from a bowl of dried food, two pigeons stepped up to finish off the rest. ‘We Survived Another Night’: In Ruined Suburb, Solace in a Small Community 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Flames crept close to the tabby plantation ruins on the island’s south end until a helicopter snuffed them with water dumped from a giant bucket, Halderson said. Wildfire threatens unspoiled Georgia island rich in history 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z A cat seized by police who believed it was a protected Scottish wildcat turned out to be a domestic tabby. Scottish wildcat: Seized Conwy cat not endangered species 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In a 1936 portrait of a tabby, the cat looks surprisingly sanguine while wearing a Germanic warrior’s helmet that could have come from a feline-scaled Wagner opera. The Library of Congress owns 15 million photos. 400 are on view now. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Moments later, a rusty pipe broke, sending the tabby down a gut-wrenching plunge into the darkness. “Stray” cat video game brings some benefits to real cats 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Inside one apartment, a serviceman took a moment to play with a large tabby cat lounging on a carpet. AP PHOTOS on Day 50: Fresh graves and mourning in Ukraine 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z "Volunteers are caring for so many pets right now," said Yulia as she stroked a tabby cat. Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z They are similar to a large tabby cat in appearance and are believed to be endangered because of habitat loss and being bred with domestic cats. Scottish wildcat: Seized Conwy cat not endangered species 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “We took the colors of the orange tabby and then added pale blue and sea grass,” he says. Design inspiration can come from anywhere. Including your cat. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z In the cat video, a husky puppy identified by a digitally inserted U.S. flag swipes at the tail of a tabby identified by a Russian flag. War via TikTok: Russia’s new tool for propaganda machine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Larry, also known as the “chief mouser,” is a tabby that resides at 10 Downing Street — and has outlasted multiple prime ministers. Boris Johnson quotes ‘Lion King’ to buck up staff rocked by Partygate scandal 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z A self-described “Rose Parade nerd,” she said she and her husband, astrophysicist Jon Morse, will likely land in Pasadena with their Corgi and tabby cat. NASA veteran to become JPL's first woman director 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z An expert in wildcat identification concluded it was a domestic tabby cat which may have a low proportion of wildcat genes - but not enough to consider it a Scottish wildcat. Scottish wildcat: Seized Conwy cat not endangered species 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Willow, a shorthair tabby with jade-green eyes, formally moved into the White House, just over a month after the Bidens revealed that they had added Commander, a German shepherd puppy, to the mix. Bidens get a cat: Meet Willow of the White House 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The green-eyed, short-haired tabby cat was settling in well at the White House with "her favorite toys, treats, and plenty of room to smell and explore," LaRosa said. Bidens welcome Willow the cat to the White House 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Inside their home on the windswept plain, Lavina carried a patient orange tabby around and around the kitchen island. Portraits from inside the wild, messy, overheating economy of 2021 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z For example, if he hears the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs,” he expects tabbies and terriers to fall from the skies. Cookie Chronicles husband-and-wife creators roll out a new book 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Altered taqpep genes were already known to cause blotched tabby patterns in cats, as well as king cheetahs’ unusually large spots and stripes. Secrets of Ultrarare Black Tigers Revealed 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z For example, she said, if one trainer works often and well with tabby cats, and the project calls for that, then that trainer will be brought in. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a Hollywood animal trainer 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Emma Allen sits in her Brooklyn home, her large rescue tabby cat Dante warming her feet, and waits for the cresting wave of emails to come in. Emma Allen is redefining what a New Yorker cartoon can be 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The research may focus instead on something like the mackerel tabby pattern in domestic shorthairs. How the Cat Gets Its Stripes: It’s Genetics, Not a Folk Tale 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Orioles held a six-run lead in the eighth when the tabby emerged from the third base side as Yankees star Aaron Judge batted against Paul Fry. Elusive kitten, Orioles hittin’ in 7-1 romp over Yankees 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Once, her mom texted her a picture of the two cats Catherine grew up with, a tabby and a calico that lived with her mom. ‘I Feel Like I’m Just Drowning’: Sophomore Year in a Pandemic 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z An orange tabby will get lost on cardboard. How I Learned to Love Cardboard During the Pandemic 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The tabby was seen on an Avanti West Coast train at London Euston, about half an hour before it was due to leave for Manchester at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday. London Euston cat-astrophe averted for train-surfing puss 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Firefighters found the tiny orange tabby with ginormous ears covered in soot and ash on a road near Berry Creek. Black bear whose paws were scorched in North Complex fire returned to wilderness 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The tiny orange tabby, estimated at 2 to 3 weeks old, was immediately named after the Mandalorian character. Kitten dubbed 'Baby Yoda' rescued from North Complex fire 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z In a separate, but possibly related incident, a brown tabby kitten was found around noon on the ground in front of First Guaranty Bank also in Hammond. Reward for information on person who threw kittens from auto 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z He fished a tabby cat out from under the couch, and he cooed gently at the two pets as he brought them downstairs and locked them in cages in the truck. The Pets Left Behind by Covid-19 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The author portrait on its Twitter page shows an unidentifiable soldier in green fatigues holding an orange tabby cat. Putin’s Long War Against American Science 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Liz Ito, a Los Angeles artist, was just 11 when she first met the American tabby who reached the grand age of 23 this month. Mr. Sherman, Little Tokyo’s 23-year-old feline 'mayor,' keeps purring along 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The tabby slave cabins on Gascoigne Bluff offer a peek into the past and show glimpses of what life was like back then. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The wall was made from tabby, which was a mix of seashells, sand and lime, the organization said. Archaeologists to map massive Charleston wall built in 1758 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Yet I can’t help but remember watching Rebel Wilson’s massive tabby ecstatically rub her tail between her legs before moving on to a string of uncooked sausages. Cats’ dirty little secret: it’s a horny feline romp | Catherine Shoard 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z These theatrical tabbies and toms will survive this latest wreck. Commentary: The movie is a wreck, the musical is a joke. Why, then, will we always have 'Cats'? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z More specifically, those are tabby ruins, a term for the oyster shell-based concrete used to build these old structures. A trip to the PGA Tour's final official event of 2019 was an eye-opening experience—in a good way - Golf Digest 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z No one is really sure how the rabbit got in the mix, but Stone has some history with the tabby. Dog, cat and bunny arrive in South Florida from the Bahamas 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z But like tabby cats, it does not exist in the wild. Yes, capitalism is broken. To recover, liberals must eat humble pie 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday in August, a 10-day-old tabby named Chevy napped in an incubator in the shelter’s kitten nursery. Why Euthanasia Rates at Animal Shelters Have Plummeted 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. The queen has seen this before: The UK power handover 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The gray tabby spent the night with a veterinary technician, who reports that he’s started eating. Starving kitten rescued from shipping container named Cargo 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z As Vitale finishes her work with Lyla, a research assistant brings in her own cat, a gray and brown striped tabby named Moody. Cats rival dogs on many tests of social smarts. But is anyone brave enough to study them? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The cat was a tabby with fine black lines descending from its spine like the furrows of tree bark. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Example: The family cat, Churchill, is a docile, sleepy tabby until he’s run over in the road hard by the Creeds home in a woodsy part of King’s native state of Maine. ‘Pet Sematary’ review: Remake of Stephen King-based horror hit needs more life 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Maria Parry spent "three days of searching and no sleep" after Harry the tabby disappeared from her home in Fareham, Hampshire. Cat owner stuck up tree in rescue bid 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Owner Vicky Stokes, 35, scoured the streets searching for her and put up posters of the beloved tabby, all to no avail. Cat lost for five years returns 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z He points to a giant artificial tree trunk, where an orange tabby sleeps on one bough. In one tony Houston neighborhood, a house of cats. Just cats 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z At the airport shelter, Nancy Garoppo showed a worker a photo of her tabby, Mini. These dogs and cats survived the deadly Camp fire. Will they ever reunite with their owners? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In fact, Carter lobbied for - successfully - naming the family tabby Finn, after FN-2187, a “Star Wars” storm trooper from “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi,” who took a different, more enlightened path. Nebraska boy featured in state’s tourism ad embraces quirks 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The email, titled ‘meeting,’ featured a photo of a tabby cat wearing a blue Cookie Monster outfit and holding a plate of choc-chip biscuits, beneath the title ‘cat pajama-jam.’ Fox News Power Rankings: Beating the odds 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The tabby was spotted trying to catch birds of prey close to the lion house. Missing cat found near zoo lion enclosure 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Pumpkin, a gorgeous marmalade tabby, peers outside the window. In one tony Houston neighborhood, a house of cats. Just cats 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The league says the female gray tabby was left at the shelter in Bedford on March 9. Cat left at shelter had rabies, questions of exposure raised 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z As a condition of the $19,000 surgery, she also adopted the kidney donor, a 2-year-old tabby named Jay, bringing the total number of felines in her household to six. Baltimore cat, 17, has $19,000 kidney transplant 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “Biology is a construct,” reads September, featuring a tabby glowering constipatedly from a litter tray. Can chickpeas prolong orgasm? Yes – but only in LiarTown 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The tabby features in the rhyme How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear. Whiskers in the workplace: More cats with careers 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In November, Mr. Louis added to his family, adopting a silver tabby named Holy, who he says is growing used to Spirit. After a Turbulent Childhood, on a Path to a Healthier Life 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z According to the New Zealand Herald, a tabby kitten was found on Auckland's Southern Motorway earlier last year, causing several lanes to be temporarily shut. 'Ball of fluff' rescued from NZ motorway 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Normally my cat, Katinka, who is all white with a tabby tail, appears when she thinks it is time to be fed. Judith Kerr: ‘I’m still surprised at the success of The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Instead, they cooed at me - or, rather, at the gray-brown tabby in my lap. Oscar is a cat of the world but he didn’t like flying 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The 65-year old evacuee said she couldn’t imagine leaving home without her gray tabby kitten, Willow. Canyon fire evacuees find shelter with their furry friends 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z There was Mali the puppy, his mother recalled, a tabby he called Blu and a Tibetan spaniel named Coco. Harvey’s Victims: An Animal Lover, a Coach, a Police Officer 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The four-month-old tabby disappeared and the St. Louis Feral Cat Outreach captured it the next day. Feline fight: No Rally Cat as St. Louis Cardinals mascot 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z All cat species, from tiger to tabby, respond to catnip, so the reaction must have evolved at least 11 million years ago, when the ancestor of all modern cats appeared in Central Asia, Bradshaw says. Does Your Dog Know You’re Pregnant? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Lynx Point Siamese mixes, grey tabbies, brown tabbies and others are available for adoption. Humane Society seeks homes for cats rescued from hoarder 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The gene for a tabby coat dates back to the Ottoman Empire in Southwest Asia and later became common in Europe and Africa. Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z They shared a love of animals, they had a tabby cat called Harold Wilson, and enjoyed camping holidays together in Europe on Mr Corbyn's motorbike. The Jeremy Corbyn Story: Profile of Labour leader - BBC News 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Meet the Breeds would be a typical tabby’s worst nightmare. Dogs and Cats Together. Hold the Mass Hysteria. 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z A slender tabby who lived well beyond her expected years, Pippit enjoyed a long and happy life with us. Our cat in Havana - BBC News 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The ten-year-old orange tabby, which lives in Virginia, survived bone cancer, but the disease severely weakened his knee joint, causing pain. Injured Animals Get Second Chance with 3-D Printed Limbs Missy, a tabby from Newcastle, has something of a medical bent. Cats to the rescue: When felines turn hero - BBC News 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Larry the Cat will be staying, the government spokesman said wryly, adding that Ms. May would inherit the tabby, adopted from an animal shelter in 2011 to help address a rat problem. David Cameron Gets Hustled Out of Downing Street, but the Cat Stays 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The Coen brothers demonstrated this conclusively a few years ago with “Inside Llewyn Davis,” an exquisite ode to loserdom that was brightened, and at times upstaged, by a winsome orange tabby cat. Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog' puts humanity in a tragicomic cage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z As 4am approaches, he is disappointed when Little Mulan, a sleek grey tabby who is one of his favourites, keeps her distance. The cat guardians of Singapore - BBC News 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z It depicted a turtle attacking a very startled orange tabby cat. Oh god, here's why turtles are attacking cats 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z A little tabby cat isn't faring very well against the rest of the animal kingdom at the box office this weekend. 'Jungle Book' dominates box office for third consecutive weekend 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z The title character is a tabby kitten so ridiculously cute that everyone who sees him wants to keep him — even dangerous druglords. ‘Keanu’: a funny caper with comedic duo Key and Peele — and one cute kitty 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The tabby, named Roman, disappeared in April 2012, and despite appeals in newspapers and on social media, was never found. Missing Kings Heath cat turns up after four years - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The white tabby named Muscat went missing six months ago when hundreds of residents in Lake, Napa and Somona counties were evacuated during the blaze. Cat reunited with owner after disappearing 6 months ago in deadly Valley fire 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z He didn’t realize that the gray tabby was a female. Fukushima B&B: It's for dogs (and cats). Kevin Costner hangs out in the dining room 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In the clip, a tabby is seen playfully following a toddler in a puffy snowsuit. Watch This Cat Tackle An Unsuspecting Child to the Ground 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z More anecdotal is the orange tabby, who is the poster child for the most gregarious. Surprising Things You Never Knew About Your Cat 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Butchie’s adoption comes after a Berlin man adopted the shelter’s longest cat resident earlier this year, a 12-year-old tabby named Momma. After 8 years at shelter, Worcester dog adopted 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Mousing was Carlow's first job when the tabby with an orange moustache first took up residence at a New York firehouse. 'Cats on the Job' book: Dogs do what you want, cats do what they want 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But this old tabby and his now-discovered contents made me begin separating faces, lives and stories. Life lessons from a limping, toothless and half-blind 13-year-old cat 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z One of those cases involved a long-haired tabby cat found dead in a barn in Morvern. 'Feline HIV' threat to Scottish wildcats - BBC News 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Animal control captured an 8-week-old tabby covered in grease in a loading dock. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z People with low self-esteem flatter themselves with the notion that their schnauzer or tabby loves them. Readers Respond to "Why We Love Pets" and More 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z An officer found a lethargic orange tabby on a curb and took it to the shelter. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Miraculously, the tabby was unharmed, except that its whiskers and eyebrows were singed by flames. Cat survives lightning-sparked fire that destroyed Northern California home 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The crews were stunned to find under the hood a stray orange tabby kitten, uninjured and surprisingly sociable. Stray Kitten Hiding in Car Engine Survives Crash and Finds a Home 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The orange tabby was taken to Clark County Humane Society and will be put up for adoption when it is healthy. Firefighters rescue kitten from RV exhaust pipe 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z A city spokeswoman says the kitten is an orange tabby male estimated to be less than three weeks old. Peoria recycling truck driver saves a kitten from the trash 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Animal control officers are arranging a flight to return the tabby to its owner on Wednesday morning. Cat missing since 2013 found in Riverside County after trip across America 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s particularly difficult when the character’s nemesis is a cuddly orange tabby and he’s purring like crazy. ‘Lieutenant of Inishmore’ cats are getting the hang of this acting thing 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But in fact, it was Baird's beloved tabby cat, Thatcher, who had passed away. Government official: Canadian foreign minister to step down 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z A Humane Society officer and Humane Wildlife Services removed an orange tabby that was stuck in a tree. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The tabby was filmed by staff at Vladivostok airport, in eastern Russia, helping itself to marine delicacies including squid and dried octopus, the PrimaMedia.ru news website reports. Stray cat enjoys $1,000 fish feast 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Charles, an orange tabby, was wearing a cone collar because he kept trying to pull the IV out of his paw with his teeth. Feline kidney transplants: extravagance or love? 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Shelter spokeswoman Megan Rees says the orange tabby was barely breathing and her temperature was so low it didn’t register on a thermometer. Kitten found freezing in Denver now perky, purring 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z A Humane Society officer removed an abandoned and extremely underweight gray tabby from an apartment. D.C. Animal Watch For now, she’s helping haul away the big chunks of tabby. Contractor chips away at history on Ga. courthouse 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z But police say one orange tabby wanted to be closely involved when officers responding to a burglary report searched the cat's home in southeast Portland. Cat perches on cop as burglary investigated 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z But police say one orange tabby wanted to be closely involved when officers responding to a burglary report searched the cat’s home in southeast Portland. Cat perches on cop as burglary investigated 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z An orange tabby was surrendered to a Humane Society officer after it returned home with an injury to its mouth. D.C. Animal Watch She forecasts that Mr. Banks will roll over like a fat tabby for his old friends at Legal Aid and “reimport feckless ‘education and training’ into the welfare bargain.” In a New Role, a Champion of the Homeless Looks to Prove His Critics Wrong 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the old courthouse got a coating of “fake tabby” to match the large expansion for new county offices, Sullivan said. Contractor chips away at history on Ga. courthouse 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z They picked out a name, Kalvin James, and when Deirdre adopted an orange tabby they named it Hobbes, evoking the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Nadya Labi: How a Militia Grew on a Military Base 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Two commentators, Doug Collins and Bill Simmons, offered denunciations of Sterling, but on the subject of boycotts and the like, they purred like tabbies. Sports of The Times: Given Cause to Make a Stand, the Clippers Settle for a Gesture 2014-04-28T01:19:10Z The Lowes believe the grey tabby sneaked inside the sofa outside their house before the base was replaced. Cat found in charity shop sofa 2014-04-03T08:22:28Z But for all his trouble, the cat he returns to its worried owners turns out to be a female orange tabby virtually identical to the cat he lost. “Inside Llewyn Davis”: America at its ugliest 2013-12-07T18:00:00Z The workers didn’t miss anything with the faux tabby even coating some exterior electrical conduit. Contractor chips away at history on Ga. courthouse 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Around 11 a.m., two Boeing Little Bird attack helicopters roared overhead, sending the base’s resident black tabby scurrying for cover. Sleep-Away Camp for Postmodern Cowboys 2013-07-19T14:07:01Z Well-fed orange tabby cats strut about the grounds like royal peacocks, as if they owned the place. In Utah, a Local Hero Accused 2013-06-15T19:15:59Z Meet Deebee Name: Deebee Age: More than 10 years Sex: Male Breed/colour: Short-haired black tabby Character: Sometimes friendly, but also aloof and intolerant. Secret life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to? 2013-06-12T14:59:27Z But the PM's spokeswoman insisted the two tabbies were able to "co-exist". Downing Street denies cat feud 2012-10-16T16:08:25Z It was also an adorable tabby singing along to 90s megahit “Shine” by Collective Soul. The 5 Best Viral Videos of September 2012-10-01T18:35:24Z In the United States, the striped tabby is more common. Observatory: The Gene Behind Cheetahs’ Spots and Tabbies’ Stripes 2012-09-20T20:09:06Z They found that the tabby pattern appears only after the hairs begin to grow at 7 weeks of gestation. How the Tabby Got Its Blotches 2012-09-20T20:58:00Z I created a world where he was a wise old tabby barn cat wearing a leather collar with a brass nameplate who interacted with everyone at the track and bettered their lives. The Rail: After the Crowds Leave the Track, Who Keeps You Company? 2012-06-02T19:27:32Z Perhaps not very like a black cat, more like a tabby. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Mrs. Burke’s tabby, grey and fat, liked to keep me company, flipping a paw at the M’s and L’s. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z While the tabbies are thus on my motives enlarging, My sentiments William may read in the margin. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The red moreen curtains were drawn before the windows, a tabby cat purred sleepily on the hearth; in all Bristol was no more cosy or more cheerful scene. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Imagine my surprise when I walked past Security Gate 5 at Churchill Downs the week before this year’s Kentucky Derby and was greeted by Bill, an old tabby cat wearing the same exact collar. The Rail: After the Crowds Leave the Track, Who Keeps You Company? 2012-06-02T19:27:32Z I came to be on the best of terms with hers, Bogie by name, a tall ungainly tabby, very much the worse for wear. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z They were so young that their eyes were not yet open, and they lay huddled cosily and trustingly together, in their bed of brown leaves, like so many exaggerated kittens of the hearthside tabby. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z She wears a little white cap, and a long black gown, trimmed with jet, and close by her side lies an enormous Persian tabby cat of great age. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z My old tabby did not administer a sleeping potion to me, by the conversation I had with her afterwards on the subject in debate. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Smith may already be shipping his stationery to St. Louis, and Norv Turner is ready to prove that, like a tabby cat leaping from the top of the refrigerator, he always lands on his feet. The Fifth Down: Week 17 Matchups: A Playoff Handshake 2011-12-30T12:02:26Z Oi didn't see you, sir, in the dim light, sir, but you know, sir, there's billions o' tabby cats about 'ere of a night, sir. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z An orange-striped tabby cat that ran away from its home in Florida has been found — more than 2,000 miles away on a snowy street in Colorado, according to The Associated Press. He was found bowing outside Mile High 2011-12-25T03:49:30Z To be a good seal-stalker you need the limbs of an athlete, the eye of an excellent marksman, and all the stealth and cunning of a tabby cat or a Coromanche Indian. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Hearing a scratching on my door, I got up and found a tabby cat there. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Eh?” cries the starling, briskly looking up from his perch on top of the tabby. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z “Pretty tame, these old tabby meetings,” Bobby remarked presently. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Beyond, the platform lay empty, and out of some porter's shed there, there bounded a big tabby cat with a mouse in its mouth. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Nature," "I was absent from Madras for two months, and left in my quarters three cats, one of which, an English tabby, was a very gentle cat, an affectionate creature. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Now if I can only clear these old tabbies out, I can tackle Culchard. The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z The mane, or frill, was very large, long and dense, and more of a woolly texture, with coarse short hairs among it, the colour was a dark tabby. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z I tell thee, Jack, the whisking of a silk gown, and the rush of a tabby petticoat, are as comfortable sounds to one of these rich citizens, as the chink of their pieces of eight. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z By this time another member of this small family came in, a very large and handsome tabby cat, with a white chest and vandyked face. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Some will say, because the cat was an English tabby, "So English, you know!"—in a sarcastic manner; but I say as the old man did, "Nater is nater." Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z I put my little tabby kitten into her basket and tied a handkerchief over the top, and lashed the whole on to the platform in the back of the aeroplane. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z 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 tabbies; the two appeared always together. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Get a pure white kitten, a pure black one, a red tabby, and a silver ditto. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z The Don is a poodle with his hair cut in the most fantastic Frenchified fashion, and her Ladyship is a cat of the tabby persuasion, who condescends to accept bed and board at Castle Beautiful. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Presently Grimalkin rolled over on to his back, rubbing his tabby ears. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Wild sorts of the tabby order are coarser, and not so good and silky in effect as when domestically reared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z One chirpy dame in a moth-eaten tabby hugged a little package of Bohea to her stomacher, unmindful of the fact that the luxury had grown much cheaper since she quitted this sphere. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z This spider, I may tell you, is a very large and beautiful specimen, striped and marked like a silver tabby. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z I found that her house was a regular rendezvous for the tabbies of the neighborhood. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z When evening comes the purring tabby dozing by the fire rises and steals into the cold and darkness without. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Nests containing young squirrels can be found in the larch tree tops, and any domestic tabby will suckle these delightful playthings. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z She has made rugs, she will tell you, entirely of black cat skins, and very handsome they looked; but not equal to this, which is wholly of the tabby. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Tom, who was a tabby, soon grew in strength and beauty, until there were few male or female cats in the neighbourhood who did not own him lord and master. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z It’s the truth; she was a horrible old tabby, with nothing genuine or true about her, or I would not speak so disrespectfully. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Her wardrobe may have included a pair of scarlet sleeves, a petticoat of flowered tabby and several pairs of green stockings. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Presently the lady laid down a gray gown of tabby silk with a sigh. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Her features may not have been quite regular, but the general effect was wonderfully pleasing; so the tabbies compromised by calling her attractive. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Some months ago, a half-bred Persian tabby, came to my place, and has since then stuck to it with all the persistency of Edgar Allan Poe’s raven. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z The four-year-old tabby was recruited in February after a rat was spotted in Downing Street. See how they run: No 10 cat nabs three mice 2011-06-20T15:49:57Z Larry, a four-year-old tabby, was brought in in February to help deal with a rat problem in Downing Street. Downing Street cat kills mice! 2011-06-20T15:35:20Z I scolded Solly, and told 'un to kill William Saint's tabby, if so be as he couldn't help breaking the Sixth Commandment. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Dear me! when I think of his being tied to one of those stiff, proper old tabbies I feel quite wretched. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The first class would include Persian, Angora, and other long-haired cats—black, white, tabby, or tortoiseshell. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z It features a gray tabby that drinks milk and purrs when users scratch an iPhone's screen. Mobile Game Makers Move into Toys, Films, and More 2011-05-26T21:00:09Z In October 2008, Scruffy, a 1-year-old tabby also known as Tommy Two Times, was found by a building superintendent in Crown Heights with much of his fur and skin burned off. City Room: Man Sentenced in Cat Torture Case Involving DNA 2011-05-26T15:04:42Z She is a wild filly, the despair of every staid tabby in the countryside. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z "Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Dobbs, putting up her hands to settle her cap, and stretching out her feet with a sudden movement which made the old tabby on the hearthrug arch her back indignantly. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Colour: All white in the pure white, all black in the black, and so on with the other distinct colours; and for the tabbies the same rules hold good as those given for short-haired tabbies. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z At other times they recalled more precisely the plaintive appeal of the tailless tabby when she is pressed hard for time and space. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Next to a tabby cat, the most remorseless and cruel creature in the world is a woman who has a man completely in her power. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z A light knock brought a modest woman to the entrance, who, in her tabby muslin cap, and her clean checked apron, appeared very neatly. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z I counted them,—black, white, gray, and tabby, long hair and short hair, blue eyes and green eyes! The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z General rules for judging Asiatic Cats.—First scan your cats, remembering the difference in size you are to expect in tabbies from the others. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z I advisedly say long-haired cat, for I shall hereafter have to treat of other cats coming from Russia that are short-haired, none which I have hitherto seen being tabbies, but whole colour. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The matter will be hauled over every dinner-table and rolled under the tongue of every old tabby in town. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z They found a cat to keep Bill company, a black tabby named Charlie. For soldier's wife, cancer care exacts an added cost 2011-01-22T01:43:25Z "If your tabbies took to drinking, you would see the use, I'm sure," laughed Polly, from the corner, which was a perfect posy-bed of girls. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z In the tabbies the Mayor’s Chain should swirl around the chest. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Having a fancy for a beautiful brown tabby, I purchased her and kitten from a cottager living two miles and a half away. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z They were literally loaded down, with all sorts of traps, from the seamen’s chests and bedding, to the tabby cat and parrot. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Oh! 'tis monstrous that tying together of couples for life, to claw and tear like a brace of tabbies cast over a clothes' line! William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z The four-year-old tabby was only rescued when her owner heard her meowing inside the bin. Woman put cat in bin for a 'joke' 2010-08-25T12:58:00Z The third class would include all tabbies—brown, red, and grey or silver. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z But the yellow tabby is not a yellow, nor the blue a blue. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Lola, a four-year-old tabby, was found 15 hours later by her owner after he heard her meowing. Woman puts cat into a bin 2010-08-24T12:48:00Z He now has two white tigers, one tabby and one orange among 22 big cats. The Trouble With Tigers 2010-07-28T15:15:00Z The one-year-old black and white tabby, who's been nicknamed Frosty, survived temperatures as low as -2C before being rescued by the RSPCA. Frozen peas keep chilly cat alive 2010-03-06T12:12:00Z Although they do not grow to the immense size of some of our brown tabbies, still they are better hunters, much fiercer, and of a hardier constitution. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z The gray tabby has a ground colour of gray. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z A few old tabbies, of course, are sincere and believe in prayer and all that sort of foolishness, but the rest only make believe they do. The Girl From Tim's Place A feed given to all the old pensioned tabbies at Hampton Court.” A Double Knot We’ve got that old tabby to peel, and a lot more besides.” Into the Primitive I like to see a tabby with a graceful carriage then, and shortish in forelegs, with beautifully well-fitted and rounded limbs, and with a tiger-like walk and mien. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Eyes 10 Orange-yellow for brown and blue tabby, very slightly tinted with green; deep, bright yellow for silver; gray, and golden yellow for white tabby; large, full, round, or almond-shaped, and very lustrous. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The catapult was restored to safe depths, and before long no doubt many a domestic tabby would be missing; there would be widowed cats and orphaned kittens in many a household. Glories of Spain A tabby cat purred between them; a kettle was singing; and there was a smell of allspice. Sinister Street, vol. 2 A baby would grab a piece from the plate, and offer the remainder to a grave tabby, which in turn distributed it to her offspring. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Size: The blue cats and the pure white are usually of the smallest dimensions; next comes the black, and lastly the tabbies. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Another: "What is a tabby?" and yet another: "What is a blue tabby?" Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z As for Snoo and Poo: they chased the tabby cat all over the house most of the day, which very soon improved their figures. A Bed of Roses The paved yard behind was swimming with water, through which a drenched and disconsolate tabby cat, excluded from the paradise of the kitchen, was attempting to pick its way, shaking its paws at every step. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Cabinet Councils of "tabbies," assembling over their postprandial Bohea, declared they would none of him. Love's Usuries The eyes must also match; and this is what I like to see—a blue eye in a white Persian, a hazel in a black, and a lovely sea-green in a tabby. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z 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. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Come to tea to-morrow afternoon at half-past five and I will tell you all, as they say in the novelettes; but for heaven's sake don't get talking to those dreadful old tabbies. Patricia Brent, Spinster This latter type appears to be the true “tabby”; since that word denotes a pattern like that of watered silk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" But if we cannot forego the consciousness of those tiger claws hid in the velvet daintiness of the light feet, neither can tabby put her trust in us. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road What a rustle and a bustle of silks and satins, of flowered tabbies, rich brocades, cut velvets, superfine cloths, woollens, cloth of gold! English Costume All the cats kept at this establishment, and there are several, are of the red tabby colour, and therefore most likely all males. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z "Well," said Patricia gaily, "what are the old tabbies doing this afternoon?" Patricia Brent, Spinster The fact that in tabby Persians the body-markings are never so strong as in the short-haired breeds is in some degree confirmatory of this, as suggesting descent from a nearly whole-coloured type. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The shooting, however, except when a pet rooster or tabby was the victim, thrilled the children on the hill with a delicious terror. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road His wife still wears her old flower tabby gown. English Costume An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name, or else from a tabby cat; old maids, by the rude, weak-minded, and vulgar, being often compared to cats. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z There was always a fine crackling fire in the kitchen, and a sleek tabby cat, and copper kettles singing on the hob. Carnival The so-called orange tabby is one phase of the erythristic type. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" He is a rich, brown tabby, with wide black stripes, and was given a blue ribbon, the mark of the first prize. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 "You be sure to save a little piece of crust," said the black kitty to the tabby kit, "and you, too," he said, turning to the gray kitten; "then we'll have three pieces!" Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse I first thought simply meant a male cat; but I find in Nares, "Abram" is the corruption of "auburn," so, no doubt, a red or sandy tabby cat is intended. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z She sits at the door of her soddy with her faithful tabby in her lap and is content. The American Country Girl According to these observations, two distinct types of so-called tabby cats are recognizable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" And Edward departed to finish his own breakfast, and confide to the cook his determination that if that old tabby was to be always worriting him to death, he would give warning. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One "Are they wet inside?" asked the tabby kitten, anxiously. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse The tabby cat is doubtless one of, if not the most common of colours, and numbers many almost endless varieties of both tint and markings. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The news soon spread among the tabbies that there were sweet birds in the woods, and the result is the almost total disappearance of poor Manu-mea. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Beyond stating that in colour it conforms very closely to the striped phase of domesticated tabby, it will be unnecessary to describe the species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Oh! ye who visit the cloister, and see the cats, think well on this legend, and especially on the deep identity of witches with tabbies! Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series "I put a little piece in the old clock," said the tabby kitten. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse These should be marked with spots instead of bands, on the same ground colour as the red or yellow-banded tabby cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The silver tabby was an original, and had a way of his own. Upon The Tree-Tops I have a water-colour of her, sitting outside her door, with the Royal Arms and Georgius Rex just showing over her cap, and a fat tabby cat asleep on the threshold. Aliens She looked more than ever like a disconsolate tabby, and her hands were restless and clumsy. Coquette He had a vague suspicion that perhaps the beast might try to stalk them, just as he had seen a domestic tabby do a sparrow at home. Jack Winters' Campmates In the former the ground colour should be a rich red, with spots of a deep, almost chocolate colour, while that of the yellow tabby may be a deep yellow cream, with yellowish-brown spots. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The third was to my eyes anything but attractive, being a faded-looking gray tabby, who entered the place by a hole under the fence next the apartment-house. Upon The Tree-Tops I would rather seem to mistake, and imagine to be sure it must be the tabby one that had met with this sad accident. Select Poems of Thomas Gray This yellow rag is good enough for the old tabbies we get here.” The Phantom Lover But to tabby's surprise, her ability was rewarded with chastisement; whereupon she pondered the question over and over: "How can it be, that what is virtue in man is vice in a cat?" Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex It has always occurred to me that the spotted tabby is a much nearer approach to the wild English cat and some other wild cats in the way of colour than the ordinary broad-banded tabby. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I started as though I had seen a tabby pounce down from the rigging! The Rambles of a Rat My Aunt Penelope had a large tabby cat, which I also hated and used ill. The Fairchild Family Seeing a nice tabby cat in a corner, he thus accosted her: “Please come and sit with me awhile, for I am lonely.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The sight of this placidly lazy and provokingly comfortable churchman had upon the man of law the same effect that the sight of a sleek tabby has upon a terrier. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History These bred with an English tabby often give a result of nearly black, the back band extending very much down the sides, and the brown ticks almost disappearing, producing a rich and beautiful colouring. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The smaller craft surround us clamorously, and looking down upon them we see that in almost every case there is a cat on board the junks, many of them tabby or tortoise-shell. Round the Wonderful World Mrs. Holt said, “Yes, I do need ’em both,—only it must be an old stray tabby cat. Letters on an Elk Hunt I’ve seen our tabby cat do that when crouching to spring on a sparrow. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats I demanded, trying to hold myself in, but feeling the bob-cat getting the better of the purring tabby. The Prairie Child The colour, however, that I now refer to is often called the silver tabby, for want of a better name. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Aye—Did ye ever see an old tabby chasing her tail? Seven Miles to Arden Three tabbies took out their cats to tea, As well-behaved tabbies as well could be: Each sat in the chair that each preferred, They mewed for their milk, and they sipped and purred. Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly A tabby cat, which had been asleep by the fire, got up, stretched itself, and came purring round its mistress's chair. A Vanished Hand One is a tabby with emerald eyes, And a tail that's long and slender; But into a temper she quickly flies, If you ever by chance offend her. The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Very beautiful brown tabbies are also to be found among the litters of the female tortoiseshell, allied with a dark-brown tabby with narrow black bars. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z There lay my old tabby cat, who had just lost her kittens, and there were the little ducklings all cuddled up around her. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks The cat, a dark tabby, looked as if he had been in the wars, and had played his part valiantly. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford She nodded and went off to her game, and informing Mr. Petherbridge that Lady Bruce was a platitudinous old tabby, flirted with him up to the nice limits of his parsonical dignity. The Rough Road The first acquaintance I made with this house was when I shied an apple at the family tabby as it sat sunning itself on the well-curb, and bowled it in. From the Car Behind It was a short-haired cat, and rather above the usual size, and tabby in colour. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I WAS a handsome, discreet, middle-aged, respectable, responsible, domesticated tabby cat. Pussy and Doggy Tales Here a tabby cat came to meet him, and rubbed itself against his legs as he stooped down to caress it, while Ermine, who sat on the solitary bench, looked up brightly to greet him. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford I know all the tabbies in the town have been mewing about us. The Rough Road The present occupant of the throne is a large young gray tabby, Oliver by name. Stories of Authors, British and American Matched with a silver-gray tabby, a silver-gray tick is generally the sequence. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z "HOW do you come to be white, when all your brothers are tabby, my dear?" Pussy and Doggy Tales His love for scandal and his facility for acquiring the latest tidbit made him the delight of many an old tabby cat. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The captain would take hold of one of the great, crawling things, rub it softly on its horned head as one would rub a tabby cat to make it purr. Madge Morton's Victory These dogs are of a large size, particularly high upon the legs, and generally of a milk white, or of a tabby colour. Anecdotes of Dogs Eyes 15 Orange-yellow for blue tabby; deep, bright yellow for silver or gray; large, full, round, and very lustrous. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Have you ever seen a sleek handsome tabby put herself on the defensive at the approach of a terrier, her back arched, her eyes flashing green lightnings, her tail lashing itself, her whiskers bristling? Vixen, Volume II. The very cat that emerged from underneath his table, and rubbed itself against my legs was not of the orthodox sable hue, but simple tabby and white. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Huge negroes were there, each with ten or fifteen sage, grave tabbies tied together with a string. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 At this moment there was a rustle among some leaves, and a beautiful tabby cat came into view close to where the birds were. The Story of a Robin Spotted tabbies to count the same in all points, the only difference being that instead of stripes, the cats are marked with clear, well-defined spots. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z He was puttering with his light and meowing to his tabby cat. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates "Altered!" cried Sheffield; "he was a playful kitten once, and now he is one of the dullest old tabbies I ever came across." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert A short half-hour had hardly passed, when one pup made a stir, And stretching out a lazy paw, just touched the tabby's fur; 'Twas nothing but an accident, yet, oh! the angry wail! Chatterbox, 1906 Well, this cat was an ordinary nice creature, tabby, and in she came, and sat watching me while I had soup. The Five Jars For grays, blues, and light ash-coloured tabbies, the same care should be exercised, the only difference being the choice of ground colours. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Do you know why the rabbits are caught in the snare Or the tabby cat's shot on the tiles? The Book of Humorous Verse I really think we had better go, my darling tabby.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow The flashing in the tabby's eye, the lashing of her tail! Chatterbox, 1906 The impetus took her at unawares, and she fell forward; her basket struck against the boat's gunwale, its cover flew open, and forth from it, half-demented with fright, sprang her tabby cat, Methuselah. Shining Ferry I had a blue tabby, "The Old Lady," which never had more than one. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z In his neat clerical garb, with a slight stoop and meek smile, he looked a harmless, commonplace young curate of the tabby cat kind. The Bishop's Secret If these Herringport tabbies had the toothache they would register only polite anguish—in public. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point I was one day calling in Dorsetshire on a clever, kind old lady, who showed me a beautiful tabby cat, coiled up before the fire. Stories of Animal Sagacity "With admirals the ocean teemedAnd bishops in their shovel hatsWere cheap as any tabby cats,In point of fact too many." Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman I have a small tabby cat, very comely and graceful. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Conceivably he might flop into a swollen river to save a drowning puppy; might dive into a burning building after some stranger's pet tabby cat. From Place to Place “If this doesn’t make those old tabbies come to life and act naturally, nothing ever will!” Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point So I put my hand into the basket, and drew forth this tabby. Stories of Animal Sagacity Boy—"Well, then, Mr. Brown's tabby's got eight coming to her." The New Pun Book The self colour to count the same number of points as the ground colour in tabby, namely, twenty points, and the white markings the same as the tabby markings, that is, twenty points. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z How dearly they love their tabbies yet think themselves wise men! The Chocolate Soldier Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity P.S.—You remember my old tabby that I set such store by? Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book To us, Thomas only looks like an ordinary, sleek, well-fed, tabby cat. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme A very fine, bold, powerful tabby, did this twice with perfect success; but after repeated combats, although victorious, the struggle made him fierce and occasionally sullen. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The word tabby was derived from a kind of taffeta, or ribbed silk, which when calendered or what is now termed "watered," is by that process covered with wavy lines. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I saw that the old and abandoned valise contained a tabby cat at whose generous dugs six wee kittens were tugging industriously. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Aunt Eliza was inexpressibly shocked, and under a sudden impulse of horror the tabby sprang to her feet, arched her back, bristled her tail, and uttered monosyllables of astonishment. The Holy Cross and Other Tales Once, even, the idea just crossed his mind, that, as he was so fond of mice, perhaps he wasn't a prince after all, but only an ordinary tabby cat. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme Her costume, cut on the pattern of a child's sleeping suit, was most cleverly contrived out of brown plushette, painted in bold bars to represent the stripes of a tabby. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Altogether it is most lovely, and well worthy of attention, forming, as it does, a beautiful contrast to the red, the yellow, or even the brown tabby. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The widow Schmittheimer had left her home and gone elsewhere, but faithful tabby remained behind, true to that instinct which makes the feline unalterably loyal to locality. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice I have seen cats without number, Chinese, Persian, Manx, the Australian wild cat, and the English tabby, but never in the whole course of my existence such another as that owned by Dr. Nikola. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Soon, perhaps, some fierce tabby may come to make our once brave hearts tremble. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors “Why, you’ve quite put the tabby Tom cat’s nose out of joint,” said Jack one day, with a grin. The Powder Monkey This is simply the ordinary tabby, and not the brown tabby proper. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Yet, do you know, I actually felt my heart go out in tenderness to this particular mother tabby and her mewing kits. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Sunday came, and Jenny dressed herself in the flowered tabby, tying her tippet this time with blue ribbons. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender “Hush, my dear boy!” she said, in her soothing way, as if she were stroking me down the back like she stroked her tabby Tom—one of the mousiest and most petted of cats. She and I, Volume 1 Why should not I pay my respects to Lady Penelope, or any other tabby of quality? St. Ronan's Well This stuff, in bygone times, was often called "tabby:" hence the cat with lines or markings on its fur was called a "tabby" cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The incident of the tabby cat's appearance with six kittens may have been a portent either of good or of evil. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice The next Sunday morning came, and Jenny dressed herself in the flowered tabby, with a pink bow on her muslin tippet. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Let others look for pearl and gold Tissues, or tabbies manifold; One only lock of that sweet hay Whereon the Blessed Baby lay, Or one poor swaddling-clout, shall be The richest New-Year's gift to me. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Suzette settled herself on the sofa, curled up among the pillows like a plump little tabby cat. Man and Maid But it might also, one would suppose, with as much justice, be called a taffety cat, unless the calendering of "taffety" caused it to become "tabby." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Many a fireside tabby or tortoise-shell dies a violent death in the course of every year, and is buried in a secret grave. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 And for the ill-conveniency I put thee to, to send thee away thus suddenly, thou shalt have another pound, and my flowered tabby gown. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender "Some old tabby of a chaperon saw me there and came and told my grandmother." Quin Museum, under such trade titles as "brocade lutstring, brocade tabby, brocade tissue, brocade damask, brocade satin, Venetian brocade, and India figured brocade." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" There is a rich-coloured brown tabby hybrid to be seen at the Zoological Society Gardens in Regent's Park, between the wild cat of Bengal and a tabby she-cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Really, it is so restful that the building suggests a big yellow tabby purring sleepily in the sunshine. A Truthful Woman in Southern California The king, as he at dinner sat, Did beckon to his hussar, And bid him bring his tabby cat For charming Nell to buss her. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell In one of his two baskets was a cat that bore a curious resemblance to a tortoise-shell tabby, that till a week ago had been a pet in the Inland Mission. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma It might be a wandering tabby that had blundered into a piece of furniture; perhaps the window had creaked; it might be any one of half a hundred things. The Lost Valley It was shown in the spotted tabby class, and won the first prize. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Dulcia's had no existence, not even in a snip; no one could call a half-worn sacque a wedding-gown, and not even her mother's tabby could be brought out for fear of observation. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Son, don’t you mind The day we came—was I a tabby then? Krindlesyke To my horror the tabby deliberately extended a paw and tapped me on the knuckles. In Search of the Unknown She reminds one of an over-fed tabby cat, of doubtful temper, and her voice seems to reach utterance after traversing some thick, soft medium, which lends it an odd sort of guttural richness. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance I therefore wish to direct particular attention to the spotted character of the markings of the variety called the "spotted tabby." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Oh," the approachable tabby answered, "it's the one at the piano. A Pair of Patient Lovers I am altered of late!—I, that was ever light of heart, the very soul of gayety, brimfull of glee, am now demure as our old tabby—and not half as wise. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 I saw Wilhelmina enter the room, lift the white tabby in her arms, and bring her to my side. In Search of the Unknown I looked down, and to my horror and distress, perceived, standing on its hind-legs, pawing my clothes, a large, tabby cat, without a head—the neck terminating in a mangled stump. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter The nose should be of a dark red, edged with black or dark brown, in the dark colours, or somewhat lighter colour in the gray or blue tabbies. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z He found her sitting on the veranda beside the friendly tabby of his last night's acquaintance, and far, apparently, from feeling the need of reparation through him. A Pair of Patient Lovers I needed money—I've told old tabby Tappan so again and again. The Danger Mark It never occurs to the tabbies that no talent or facility can ever stifle a woman's nature. The Spinster Book Apparently the silver tabby could wait, just like that, utterly inert, till the crack of doom—or dawn. The Way of the Wild In the yellow and the red tabby the nose and the pads of the feet are to be pink. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The bride and bridegroom were both clothed in white tabby, his suit laced with a very broad gold and silver lace. A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. A domestic tabby couldn't be tamer, nor a yellow bird fed on lump sugar. A String of Amber Beads A talented woman marries a man without proportionate gifts and the tabbies call a special session. The Spinster Book Then the silver tabby heard a thump come out of the night—a thud, hollow, resounding, and noticeable. The Way of the Wild A gray "ticking" will most likely appear between the dark colour, as it does between the black bars of the tabby. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z They did not know what they ought to talk to the stranger about; but one of them in a dull mouse-colored tabby, with sad-colored ribbons, remarked languidly: "What a fine day we are having." The Princess Pocahontas He had, he said, a big pair of tabbies who slept in the hay and came up to the dairy when the milk was strained. The Gay Cockade The Tabbies Two people who have quarrelled cheerfully before marriage and whose engagement has been broken three or four times often surprise the tabbies who prophesy misfortune by settling down into post-nuptial content. The Spinster Book You couldn't see that company, but I don't know whether the silver tabby could. The Way of the Wild The light tabby Persian, matched with a female Abyssinian, would give unexpected surprises, so with the dark blue Archangel; a well-ticked blue would not only be a novelty, but an elegant colour hitherto unseen. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z From the neighbourhood, now asleep, one now only heard the miawing of an amorous tabby. His Masterpiece "You're all a set of old tabby cats together, and if you don't clear out, I'll fling something at your head!" The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week She was knitting Beatrice's quilt now, her chair drawn up as usual to face the sunny garden, and on the footstool at her feet her favorite tabby cat was curled. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town The silver tabby, however, neither wild nor satisfied to be tame, did not know. The Way of the Wild A deep red tabby might result in a whole colour, bright red, or a yellow tint. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Dame Margery Twist lived all alone with a great tabby cat. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk Had the old tabby for years, me lad," he continued; "brought it from home—carry it round with me everywhere; and I don't have any rat troubles. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Mrs. Anson spent half her time alone in the lonesome little house, with three big tabby cats for company and her hundreds of chickens to keep her busy. Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun She reached the corner just in time to bump into the flower-seller, who was turning about like some old tabby to settle himself and his basket. The Primrose Ring The banded tabby should not be spotted in any way, excepting those few that nearly always occur on the face and sometimes on the fore-legs. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z And Bishops in their shovel hats Were plentiful as tabby cats— If possible, too many. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Why Do you know why the rabbits are caught in the snare Or the tabby cat's shot on the tiles? More Toasts You'd have thought an honest mind might find food for compassion in this, and even an excuse to believe the better of human nature; but it merely scandalises these Puritan tabbies. Lady Good-for-Nothing The first time she met Mrs. Velvetpaw after this change in her life, that excellent tabby looked at her with evident admiration. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies What are generally shown as brown tabbies are not sufficiently orange-brown, but mostly of a dark, brownish-gray. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Put flowers on the table, and a dish of bonchrétiens, and get on your tabby gown. Audrey Fortunately, he fell on the tabby cat, which somewhat broke the shock of concussion, and he escaped unhurt. The Sorcery Club We have become very good friends, you and I. Too good, perhaps, for I've no doubt there are old tabbies in Edelweiss who are provoked to criticism—you know what I mean. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Now if I can only clear these old tabbies out, I can tackle CULCHARD. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 Those specimens of the crosses, said to be between the wild and domestic cat, that I have seen, have had a tendency to be spotted tabbies. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The tabby cat is not lapping milk just now, but leave the dairy door open, and see if she is not as bad a thief as the kitten. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs My savages follows along with me, an' each of 'em as grave as squinch owls an' tame as tabby cats. Wolfville Nights Brocades, and damasks, and tabbies, and gauzes, Are, by Robert Ballantine, lately brought over, With forty things more: now hear what the law says, Whoe'er will not wear them is not the king's lover. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 She liked to stay on in the old kitchen, watching Mrs. Grayson's household ways, making friends with the stolid tabby cat, or listening to stories of Jim as a child. Missing The gray tabby will throw barred, spotted, or banded kittens, mixed with tortoiseshell, which is the very worst form of mottling, and is very difficult to eradicate. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The proceedings are superintended by a contemplative tabby cat, coiled up in a niche, like a feline flower in a crannied wall. The First Hundred Thousand "Henry," she said, rubbing up against the alpaca back to his vest like an ingratiating Maltese tabby, "Hen-ery." The Vertical City When "tabby" is well on the wires I close the switch and she goes the length of the fence in bounds, often coming back to see what the trouble is, thus receiving another shock. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do I would rather seem to mistake, and to be sure it must be the tabby one that had met with this sad accident. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) I have never seen imported strong-coloured tabbies of this breed, nor do I believe such are true Angoras. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Good Rollo!” as the dignified animal rose from the hearthrug to greet her, waving his handsome tail, and calmly expelled a large tabby cat from the easy-chair, to make room for his friends. The Three Brides She could look out tabbily from above a lap of handiwork, but in her boudoir wrapper of gray flannelette scalloped in black she was scrawny, almost rangy, like a horse whose ribs show. The Vertical City The two antiquities only bowed their tabby heads; making longer faces than ordinary; and all the old lines appearing strong in their furrowed foreheads and fallen cheeks; How do you, Cousin? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 She tested the liquid, rolling up her eyes like a greedy tabby. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel They are not so good from the spotted tabby, often producing merely tortoiseshell tabbies instead of brown tabbies, or true tortoiseshells. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z And imbedded in the asphalt of Southern California is found the remains of the sabre toothed, tiger, by the side of which the royal Bengal is but a tabby cat. Reminiscences of a Pioneer A number of the tabby tribe were put into a wicker basket, and thrown alive into the midst of an immense fire kindled in the public square by the bishop and his clergy. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 See, how the tabby watches Laura's eyes, Lest they should smile upon some pleasing spark, And violate grim prudery's tyrant ties. Poems (1828) "Hope you have a good time with the tabbies!" The Wonderful Bed It is just possible these were the offspring of tabby or gray parents, as the wild rabbit has been known to have had black progeny. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z He went to the Zoo, found a tabby kitten, though they are rare in that country, and flew back with it to the Princess’s room. The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse Lord Chancellors were cheap as sprats, And Bishops in their shovel hats Were plentiful as tabby cats— In point of fact, too many. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan The next time the unlucky tabbies assembled in his back-yard, the valiant carpenter was on the alert. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 "It's dreadfully tabby and small-towny," thought Carol, while she soothed, "I don't believe it quite goes with me." Main Street I bred but one kitten from the Russian, and this was the offspring of the short-haired silver tabby. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I suppose the Princess flea wouldn’t jump on to a tabby kitten, and you couldn’t swallow the kitten - oh dear, no - of course not . The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse Look at the wild cat and then look at the tabby cat. The University of Hard Knocks I beg to inform you," returned the crystal tabby, "that I do not eat mice. The Magic of Oz Before long they come, gliding, graceful shadows, approaching circuitously, and halting occasionally to reconnoitre—tortoiseshell, tabby, and black, all domestic cats, but all transformed for the nonce into their natural state. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Is it not terrible to think that any human creature should be without the comforts of a home which even our tabby possesses. Paul Prescott's Charge Every now and then, as his companion looked up at him, she reminded him of an ancient tabby cat, protracting the enjoyment of a dish of milk. The American The wild cat supports itself and the tabby cat has its million. The University of Hard Knocks On the other seat were two or three passengers, one of them a working woman who held a basket on her lap, in which was a tabby kitten. Jude the Obscure There are the tigers also, the brown tabby, and the orange and white. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others While Father Bowles, of course, like the old tabby that he was, had at once begun to purr conciliation. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I He forbearingly lowered his tail, composed his fur, and walked out of the cage and into the near-by woods as tamely as a house tabby out for a stroll. A Woman Tenderfoot So the tabby cat has to be doctored by specialists. The University of Hard Knocks |
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