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gib-cats

gib-cats is the plural of gib-cat.

Meaning of gib-cat

Noun

gib-cat (plural gib-cats)

  1. (obsolete) A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.
    • I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    gib, tomcat

Questions about gib-cats

What is gib-cats the plural of?
Gib-cats is the plural of gib-cat.

Words near gib-cats in the dictionary

  1. gib boom
  2. gib booms
  3. gib cat
  4. gib cats
  5. gib-cat
  6. gib-cats
  7. Gib.
  8. Gibanga
  9. gibanica
  10. gibaro
  11. gibaros

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