"Catty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a Wesleyan; and her niece Catty was a Wesleyan. Catty marched round and round the kitchen table with the dish-cloth, drying the plates ...
— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair
... those two for running-mates anywhere," Ralph said in private to Honey. "I wish I had a dollar bill for every time I've met up with that combination, one simple, devoted, self-sacrificing, the other selfish, calculating, catty." ...
— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore
... she'd heard that he actually bought my dresses, but Amy is a catty creature. She's mad over Lecompte, you know; that's why I encourage him; and she wanted to be Queen, too, but la, la, she's so skinny! Well, I was furious, naturally—" Miss Warren paused, quick to note the telltale signs in her brother's face. "Bernie!" she said. "Look me ...
— The Net • Rex Beach
... of course—that delectable smooth-spoken wife of my brother Thomas. How any man can love a catty creature like that, ...
— Dulcibel - A Tale of Old Salem • Henry Peterson
... when its day-time, But mostly in the night, They sit beneath an oak tree And hug each other tight, And tell their rimes and riddles Where the catty creatures prowl— Funny little Peter Patter And ...
— The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes • Leroy F. Jackson
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