tom cat
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of tomcat.
Example Sentences
- "There was but one a real maid, / And ſhe ſo very ugly, that / You’d take her for a great Tom cat, / And therefore ſhe could never hire / A man that would attempt to try her."
- "“How you talk!” / “Talk, miss! It’s enough to make a Tom cat talk French grammar, only to see how she tosses her head,” replied the handmaid."
- "The battle is so nearly equal, however, that whenever the two gentlemen meet they glare at each other like black Tom cats in a strange garret."