pussycat

noun [C] (ANIMAL)

/ˈpʊs.i.kæt/ (also pussy) child's word

Definition

› a cat: Look, Martha, a pussycat!Felines (cats)

(Definition of pussycat noun (ANIMAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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