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alley cat
alley cat
pejorative A person (often a woman) of immoral or promiscuous behavior, especially a prostitute. When speaking of men, "tomcat" (or tom cat; literally, a male cat) is the usual equivalent. I'd be wary of her. She's known around here as a bit of an alley cat.
alley cat
A promiscuous woman; also, a person of loose morals. For example, She's constantly picking up men in bars-a real alley cat. This idiom transfers a stray cat that frequents alleys in search of food to a woman of easy virtue, especially a prostitute seeking customers. [Slang; early 1900s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Laurette | | - | French |
Oswald | | AHZ-wawld (English), AWS-vahlt (German) | English, German, Anglo-Saxon |
KatÓ | | - | Hungarian |
Bonifacio | | bo-nee-FAH-cho (Italian), bo-nee-FAH-thyo (Spanish), bo-nee-FAH-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
Timotha | | TIM-ə-thə | English (Rare) |
Amel (2) | | - | Arabic (Maghrebi) |