cat

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

I grabbed it and ran over to the lion from behind, the cat still chewing thoughtfully on Silent's arm.

But, ere one rapid moon its tale has told, / He finds his prize — a cat — a slut — a scold.

I turn on the radio / There's some cat on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses

Didn't know what time it was the lights were low / I leaned back on my radio / Some cat was layin' down some rock'n'roll 'lotta soul, he said

"Tell me. Willie said there was a cat in love with you. That isn't true, is it?" "Yes. It's true," Hudson corrects her, letting her think that by "cat" he means prostitute.

Overhaul down & hook the cat, haul taut. Walk away the cat. When up, pass the cat head stopper. Hook the fish in & fish the anchor.

[…]he whipped a black man for disobedience of his orders fifty lashes; and again whipped him with a cat, which he wound with wire, about the same number of stripes;[…]he used this cat on one other man, and then destroyed the cat wound with wire.

"What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat."

From behind the narrow slits in the walls of Castellar, crossbowmen and archers took aim at the juddering cat as it came closer.