Cats Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Cats

  1. cat, Dick Whittington’s sent to Morocco, its purchase by the king gives the future Lord Mayor his stake to success. [Br. Legend: Benét, 1088]
  2. Felix lonely star-crossed fantasist, fights against fate in strange worlds. [Comics: “Felix the Cat” in Horn, 246]
  3. Garfield lazy gourmand, impudent to its master. [Amer. Comics: Garfield]
  4. Heathcliff aggressive cat, hoodwinks fishmongers and upsets milkmen. [Amer. Comics: Heathcliff]
  5. Krazy Kat perennially involved in conflict with his friend Ignatz the mouse. [Comics: Horn, 436]
  6. Macavity mysterious feline, “Napoleon of crime.” [Br. Lit.: T. S. Eliot Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats in Drabble, 714]
  7. Mehitabel unladylike cat; its motto, “toujours gai.” [Am. Lit.: archy and mehitabel in Hart, 525]
  8. Old Deuteronomy elderly cat whose comfort is seen to by the entire village. [Br. Lit.: T. S. Eliot Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats in Drabble, 714]
  9. Pluto pet of a brutal alcoholic who mutilates and hangs it, with dire consequences to himself. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Black Cat”]
  10. Puss in Boots cleverly secures a fortune for its penniless master. [Fr. Fairy Tale: “Puss in Boots” in Benét, 829]
  11. Tobermory taught to speak fluently, it proves insolent and catty. [Br. Lit.: The Short Stories of Saki in Magill IV, 1148]

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