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civvy cats

civvy cats is the plural of civvy cat.

Meaning of civvy cat

Noun

civvy cat (plural civvy cats)

  1. (US, regional) Originally the civet of Africa and Asia; now a skunk.
    • I hope it's nothing to make you smell like a civvy-cat, for I can't sit in the coach with none of them there French stinks, it poisons me alive, and so pray don't let's have no poppy-loat.1810, Splendid Follies; or, Mistley Manor, volume 1, page 124

Questions about civvy cats

What is civvy cats the plural of?
Civvy cats is the plural of civvy cat.

Words near civvy cats in the dictionary

  1. civs
  2. civvie
  3. civvies
  4. civvy
  5. civvy cat
  6. civvy cats
  7. civvy street
  8. civy
  9. CIW
  10. CIWH
  11. CIWS

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