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Calamanco Cat (A)

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A tortoise-shell cat. Calamanco is a glossy woollen fabric, sometimes striped or variegated. It is the Spanish word Calamáco.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cain-coloured Beard
Cainites
Cairds
Caius (Dr.)
Cake
Cake
Cake…Dough
Cakes
Calabash
Calamanco Cat (A)
Calamity
Calandrino
Calatrava (Red Cross Knights of)
Calauria
Calceolaria
Calceos mutavit
Calculate
Calculators (The)
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