zebress

plural zebresses

1. rareA female zebra.

   zebrass: zebra plus ass—hybrid of zebra and jenny ass or zebress and jackass

   1964, Ralph De Sola, Abbreviations Dictionary: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Contractions, Signs & Symbols Defined […], revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, →LCCN, page 213, column 1

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   “ZEBRESS” COMES TO PARK / The population of the city’s menagerie in Central Park is increasing fast. The increase is due principally to a high birth rate, while yesterday a female zebra, styled by one of the park employes as a “zebress,” arrived from an animal dealer’s place in Germany to become the mate of Paddy, a zebra purchased some months ago. […] The “zebress” is three years old and is a fine specimen.

   1913 June 11, New-York Tribune, volume LXXIII, number 24,314, New York, N.Y., page 4, column 1

   The lady now appearing wears a dress of black and white stripes—she might be very properly termed a zebra or zebress—and her sash is of pale, canary silk.

   1927, Esther Singleton, “Dolls of To-day”, in Dolls, New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd, page 136

   A male zebra who lives at Livingston park in Jackson longed for love and affection. So lonely did he become that a local hotel sought a mate, presented her to him. Delighted with the selection, zebra and zebress have become friskly,^([sic]) renewed interest in life.

   1928 August 2, E. L., “Mississippi Brevities”, in The Lexington Advertiser, volume 91, number 12, Lexington, Miss., page 3, column 2

   And the arrows were up and the gangplank down – / And here come the animals afraid to drown! / Through every doorway, entrance and egress, / Come dashing teams, a zebra and zebress, / A tiger and tigress, a gnu and a she-gnu, / A jack and a jenny, a mu and an emu, / A pair of elephants, a brace of rhinoceros, / Two dinosaurus – mostly esophagus, […]

   1967, Paul Hiebert, “Jordan Middleduck”, in Willows Revisited, Toronto, Ont.; Montreal, Que.: McClelland and Stewart Limited, page 110

   As Leonie, she obviously loves Morgan, but how can you have a life with a man who keeps seeing you as a gazelle or a lioness or zebress?

   1967 January 15, Dick Benke, “Movie Review: ‘Morgan’; Reality, Fantasy Get All Mixed Up”, in Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page C-8, column 4