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pusscat

pusscat is the alternative form of pussy-cat.

Meaning of pussy-cat

Noun

pussy-cat (plural pussy-cats)

  1. (endearing, informal) A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
    • Ding dong bell,
      The Cat is in the well.
      Who put her in,
      Little Johnny Green.
      What a naughty boy was that,
      To drown poor Puſſy Cat,
      Who never did him any harm,
      And kill'd the mice in his father's barn.1795, Gammer Gurton's Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus, Stockton: R. Christopher, page 25
  2. (informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person.
    • He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.
  3. The silky catkin of various willows.
  4. (dated) A sexy woman.

Forms of pusscat

pluralpusscats

Questions about pusscat

What is pusscat the alternative form of?
Pusscat is the alternative form of pussy-cat.

Words near pusscat in the dictionary

  1. puss out
  2. puss-gentleman
  3. puss-gentlemen
  4. puss-puss
  5. puss-pusses
  6. pusscat
  7. pusscats
  8. pussed
  9. pussed out
  10. pussel
  11. pussels

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