Bombay

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Proper noun

1. (dated) .
   • 1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?

     Have you heard any word
     Of that bloke in the "Third" -
     Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
     They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
     But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
     He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
     I wonder what happened to him?

2. A settlement south of Auckland.

Noun

Bombay (plural Bombays)

1. A domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed meant to resemble a Black Panther, developed in Kentucky during the 1950s.

Translations

• Portuguese: Bombaim
• Russian: Бомбе́й

Translations

• Portuguese: bombaim
• Russian: Бомбе́йская ко́шка

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