tortie
/ˈtɔːtiː
/noun informal
A tortoiseshell cat: I currently have two torties and a calico as foster cats...
- We just thought it was because she's a tortie and therefore special.
- I have a tortie named Pepper.
- My vet takes no guff from snotty torties.
Origin
1940s: diminutive of tortoiseshell.
- plug-in-and-go
- plug into
- plugless
- plug nozzle
- plugola
- plug point
- plug riots
- plug something in
- plug-switch
- plug tap
- plug the gap (or gaps)
- plug-ugly
- plug valve
- pluiff
- pluke
- plum
- plumaceous
- plumach
- live-stream
- live the dream
- live thorn
- live to fight another day
- live together
- live to regret something
- live to tell the tale