Citations:cataholic

English citations of cataholic

Noun: "(informal) one who is extremely fond of cats"

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• 1992, Stella Whitelaw, The Cat Who Wasn't There, Signet (1992), →ISBN, page 152:

  But since we were a group of cataholics, everyone longed to win him. He's a beauty . . . see the pointed ears? A very good standard. And the little brick-red leather nose; another good point.

• 1993, Bruce Fogle, 101 Questions Your Cat Would Ask Its Vet If Your Cat Could Talk, Castle Books (1993), →ISBN, page 78:

  This means that if a cat is independent and secure where she lives, and the people moving into her home are cataholics, willing to care for a non-paying guest, then there is no cat reason why she should not stay where she is.

• 2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):

  Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.

• 2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing (2007), →ISBN, page 6:

  Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.

• 2007, Debra White Smith, Heather, Harvest House Publishers (2007), →ISBN, page 250:

  “Maybe I need to send you to House Cats Anonymous,” he teased. “Hello, my name is Jake and I'm a cataholic. I can't stop eating them alive.”

• 2011, John Schroeder, Cozy Cats Cottage Plc, Matador (2011), →ISBN, page 114:

  The cats had certainly stolen her thunder, but inwardly she was genuinely pleased for them, after all they weren't to know there were so many cataholics about!

• 2012, Richard J. Atkinson, Animal Pursuits: A Frivolous Frolic Through the Puntastic Province of Animals, Trafford Publishing (2012), →ISBN, page 84:

  What do you expect? She's a cataholic.