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Recent Examples of alley cat
That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.
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Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.
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Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.
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David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.
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Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2024
Like Selina Kyle being nibbled into Catwoman by her alley cats, Doug’s origin story involves a nurturing puppy pile and a preternatural ability to communicate with the army of mutts who, hilariously, do his bidding like henchmen in a gangster movie.
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Jen Yamato,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2024
The cats have to find their way back home to Paris with the help of a musically-inclined alley cat.
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Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Mar. 2023
There is a genuine pathos in the vision of a man who has achieved power but remains unreconciled to himself, who soothes his way past his own rages and agonies by listening to the song of a homeless alley cat.
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2021
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.
—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.
—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.
—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.
—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2024
Like Selina Kyle being nibbled into Catwoman by her alley cats, Doug’s origin story involves a nurturing puppy pile and a preternatural ability to communicate with the army of mutts who, hilariously, do his bidding like henchmen in a gangster movie.
—
Jen Yamato,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2024
The cats have to find their way back home to Paris with the help of a musically-inclined alley cat.
—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Mar. 2023
There is a genuine pathos in the vision of a man who has achieved power but remains unreconciled to himself, who soothes his way past his own rages and agonies by listening to the song of a homeless alley cat.
—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley cat
Noun
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The open house will offer tours of the facility, and there will be opportunities to play with puppies and kittens, meet a wildlife ambassador and visit interactive booths about the work Anderson Humane does, the organization’s website said.
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Some 446 cats were rescued, plus two kittens born later.
Noun
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What, then, is motivating the 41-year-old to don Portugal’s kit for his sixth and final World Cup this summer?
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Williams embraced Wimbledon's all-white dress code in a custom Nike kit consisting of a mesh tank top and matching miniskirt, letting her glistening nails steal the show.
Noun
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The upper story is covered in wooden clapboards while the ground floor features coquina limestone masonry walls and seashell tabby flooring.
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But some of the stars were Tutti Frutti (German shepherd, adopted); Grapes (another German shepherd, adopted); Catfinated Beverage (orange tabby, adopted); Beep Beep (Australian cattle dog, adopted); Spatula (whippet, adopted); and Lawn Mower the French bulldog (adopted).
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“Alley cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley%20cat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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