tigerkinn.
/ˈtʌɪɡəkɪn/ A diminutive tiger; a tiger-cub; also, a cat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun]
cata800
bad?a1325
gibc1400
baudrons?a1500
house cat?1527
puss-cata1529
puss1533
puss1598
mewer1611
mewler1611
Tibert1616
malkina1627
grimalkin1630
meower1632
miauler1632
pussycat1698
pussy1699
tigerkin1849
moggie1911
pussums1912
mog1926
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > young
tigerkin1849
tigerling1858
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons xiii. lxxiii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 648/2 It is only from the attic that you can appreciate the picturesque which belongs to our domesticated tigerkin!
1867 London Rev. 26 Jan. 116/2 The tigerkin whose claws are not grown and whose habits are..playful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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