gibbed catn.
= gib-cat n. at gib n.1 4.
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1633 Match at Mid-night ii. i Iohn. Looke Mistresse, how they stare one at another? Iar. Yes, and swell like a couple of gib'd Cats.
1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty ii. iii. 12/2 Some gib'd Cat that died issuelesse, has adopted thee for her Heire.
1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 206 As melancholy as a gibd cat.
1687 C. Sedley Bellamira v. i I had as live drink with a gib'd cat.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 293 The melancholy of a gibed cat.
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