- tomcatting
- sexual excessThe reference is to the lustful feline:The tomcatting made history in the form of songs. (Longstreet, 1956, of New Orleans)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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tomcat — /tom kat /, n., v., tomcatted, tomcatting. n. 1. a male cat. 2. Slang. a woman chaser. v.i. 3. Slang. (of a man) to pursue women in order to make sexual conquests (often fol. by around): He tomcatted around before settling down. [1750 60; TOM +… … Universalium
cat — 1. a prostitute Usually of females but occasionally of a male: If you want to bugger a male cat, that means you re a queer. (Theroux, 1973, and not of bestiality) Cat house, a brothel, is more widely used: What are those places?… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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tomcat — [täm′kat΄] n. [see TOM] a male cat vi. tomcatted, tomcatting Slang to be sexually promiscuous: said of a man … English World dictionary
