[Ads-l] calico cat

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has _calico_, adj., from 1807 (for horses), but doesn't mention a
calico cat till 1954.

1869 _Sun and New-York Press_ (N.Y.C.) (Nov. 16) 2: An old calico cat that
had been a resident of his family for several years.

JL

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