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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
In the 18th and 19th c. an old maid was said to be in her tabbyhood. The tabby
cat (an old maid's companion) is named for its stripes, from at-attabiyah, a suburb
of Baghdad (named after Prince Attab) where a watered silk of this pattern was ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
... and have beat Professor Sandford, in competition for a Fellowship at Oriel ,
then to have become college tutor—embued the rising generation for six years
with classical literature and philosophy —married a wife vergin ,on her
tabbyhood, ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... and have beat Professor Sandford, in competition for a Fellowship at Oriel;
then to have become college tutor—embued the rising generation for six years
with classical literature andphilosophy -—married a wife verging on her
tabbyhood, ...
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A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and ...
Iknow ifI venture to add aword in defence of Tabbyhood, I shall be engaged in a
war with yourself and all our young acquaintance; yet in this age, which so
liberally "softens, and blends, and weakens, and dilutes"away all distinctions,
IownI ...
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Love, Sex, and Marriage: A Historical Thesaurus
... old- maidenship 1784; tabbyhood 1793 + 1824; old-maidenhood 1847 - 1898;
old-maidship 1861; old-maidhood 1883; old-maiddom 1920. .the habits/
characteristics of an old maid, n: old-maidism 1776 + 1893; old-maidery 1804+
1821. ..to ...
You know, an old she-cat with a mess of kittens growing up to Tom and
Tabbyhood will, at some certain period of their career, bring in a mouse and let
her offspring play with the poor creature until they acquire the taste for mice. I
figure that is ...
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Lietuvos TSR aukštųjų mokyklų mokslo darbai: Kalbotyra
HJI (4) + C (-hood, -dom)^-KW: daughterhood, wifedom. HJI (5) + C (ship, -hood,
-dom)^-AH: comradeship, neighbourhood, heirdom. HJI (6) + C (ship, -hood, -
dom, -ism, -erylry)^>-h\\: heroship, tabbyhood, hobbledehoyhood, cretinism,
bigotry.