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Recent Examples of moggy
Soon a second cat show was organized, this time permitting working men and women to enter their moggies for display.
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024
Diodorus Siculus, a Greek author who wrote in the first century A.D., recounts the tale of a Roman soldier who made the mistake of killing a sacred moggy in Egypt.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024
Diodorus Siculus, a Greek author who wrote in the first century A.D., recounts the tale of a Roman soldier who made the mistake of killing a sacred moggy in Egypt.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moggy
Noun
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In 2025, 575 dogs and 153 cats were taken to the city’s animal shelter, according to GPD.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Five years after a Maryland family lost their cat, Artemis is back in their lives.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For a kitten who arrived at the shelter looking like a tiny balloon animal, the transformation into a happy, playful foster baby hitting a healthy two pounds is a remarkable turnaround.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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When a stray kitten arrived at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter in early March, her tiny body was puffed up like a balloon.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Then, in mid-February, Chalamet aired his own disdain for opera and ballet, the precious kitty-cats of the performing arts.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Virgie is pursued, in some of the play’s funniest moments, by a slithering cultist in shiny green gloves who purrs like a deadly kitty and moves like an Animaniac.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Moggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moggy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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