Cal king

English

Noun

Cal king (plural Cal kings)

1. (informal) A California king (a large bed measuring 72 × 84 inches).
   • 2023, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, The 23rd Midnight, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 174:

     Only when she was wearing her nightgown and ensconced in the Cal King bed with a lot of pillows did she call Richie. He didn't answer, which was odd.

2. (informal) The California kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae, a nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the western United States and northern Mexico).
   • 2007, Russ Case, Snakes, Irvine, C.A.: Advanced Vivarium Systems, →ISBN, page 71, column 2:

     Adult Cal kings average about 4 feet (1.2 m) in length, so an enclosure similar in size to a 20-gallon (76-L) aquarium is fine for them.