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Recent Examples of tomcat
As well as writing and directing the show, Gervais reprises his trademark deadpan self as ginger tomcat Gus, alongside Tom Basden, Andrew Brooke, David Earl, Kerry Godliman, Jo Hartley, Diane Morgan, Natalie Cassidy and Tony Way in the voice cast.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
All kinds of urban animals would wander over, chiefly because Alix set out bowls of kibble and water on the front stoop for her big black tomcat.
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Literary Hub,
18 Sep. 2025
To a tomcat being stroked in the crook of an unidentified elbow.
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Andrew Tobias,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
As an actor, Branagh has a voice that’s high, excitable, and light, and his physicality possesses a tomcat sneakiness.
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Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2024
The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest.
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Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 May 2024
The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head!
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Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Aug. 2023
Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys.
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James Shreeve,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
All kinds of urban animals would wander over, chiefly because Alix set out bowls of kibble and water on the front stoop for her big black tomcat.
—
Literary Hub,
18 Sep. 2025
To a tomcat being stroked in the crook of an unidentified elbow.
—
Andrew Tobias,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
As an actor, Branagh has a voice that’s high, excitable, and light, and his physicality possesses a tomcat sneakiness.
—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2024
The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest.
—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 May 2024
The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head!
—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Aug. 2023
Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys.
—
James Shreeve,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomcat
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).
Noun
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With different fathers, each kitten can be sporting a different fur coat.
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Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
Noun
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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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To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.
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“Tomcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomcat. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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