kleptocat

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noun

A cat that is prone to stealing; a kleptomaniac cat.

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Meanings

nounkleptocat (plural kleptocats)

plural kleptocats

  1. informalA cat that is prone to stealing; a kleptomaniac cat.

    I knew Smut was an excellent climber, but I didn't know she was a criminal. So Smut was a kleptocat?

    2011, Victoria Twead, Two Old Fools - Olé!, self-published, page 207
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    1977 June 25, Michael Fox, response in "Ask Your Vet: Dr. Michael Fox", The La Crosse Tribune, page 25. There’s no solution to the problem of a “kleptocat" except to keep precious items (rings, eyeglasses, etc.) in safe drawers and closets. Our kleptocat, Mocha, a female Burmese, just sticks to socks.

    On closer inspection it definitely is a fox-shaped hand puppet! I wonder where the little kleptocat got that from!

    1999, Joe Inglis, It Really Does Happen to a Vet! The Journal of Joe Inglis in Practice

Origin

First attested in 1977. From klepto- + cat.

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Chicago

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