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tomcat

tom·cat

US/ˈtɑˌmkæt/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

male cat

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Origin

From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom.

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