stray cat

collocation in English

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stray
adjective[before noun]
uk
/streɪ/us
/streɪ/
Stray things have moved apart from similar things and are not in their expected or ...
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cat
noun[C]
uk
/kæt/us
/kæt/
a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail, and claws, usually kept as a pet or for ...
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(Definition ofstrayandcatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He described the winter encampment there as jolly, tempting some men to endeavor to cook astraycatthey found.
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The siblings are terrified by the appearance of astraycatin the garden.
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The offspring of astraycatcan be considered feral if born in the wild.
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The first is a memory from when she was a small child and had attempted to hide astraycatin her bedroom.
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Bubbles has taken it upon himself to care for everystraycatin the park.
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He was kicked out of the standard school dorm after he chose not to give astraycathe picked up.
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The starving men were reduced to supplementing their rations with the occasional rat orstraycat.
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It is distinguished from astraycat, which is a pet cat that has been lost or abandoned, while feral cats have never been socialized.
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It's later revealed though that thestraycatshe takes care of is actually the true form of the boy she is waiting for.
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Meanwhile, she adopts what appears to her to be nothing more than astraycat.
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She takes in astraycat.
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Helen takes a liking to astraycatand its kitten when they wander into the garden.
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Blissful, sometimes, but sometimes it sounds likestraycatmusicscrawny, cocky, and yowling up the stairs.
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Harriet takes in astraycat.
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To show his impartiality, he not only impounded dogs and chased foxes, but impounded four horses and managed to return nine stray cats to their owners.
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Since 1131 it has been used to house pilgrims and crusaders, plague victims, monks, soldiers, the mentally ill and stray cats.
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The prison also became home to many stray cats.
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People without a home or purpose are considered stray cats by society.
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In terms of hobbies, she had a real love of cats, taking in as many as 22 stray cats at one time.
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Her only companions are stray cats, for whom she regularly plays the piano, and she is known in her neighborhood as the cat lady.
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