cat flap
Noun
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Noun
cat flap (plural cat flaps)
- Small hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just big enough for a cat to enter.
- 1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, ISBN 0385180144, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0385180144&id=L3QpoNhE90IC&q=%22in+a+rear%22+inauthor:Hailey+date:1984-1984&dq=%22in+a+rear%22+inauthor:Hailey+date:1984-1984&num=100&pgis=1 p. 340],
- Then, one Saturday when Martin was working but Yvonne wasn't, she brought a saw and other tools with which she constructed a hinged "cat flap" in a rear down-stairs door. It meant that the cats were free to come and go at any time, the effect being healthier for the pets and for the household.
- 1988, Fay Weldon, The Heart of the Country, Viking, ISBN 0670818755, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0670818755&id=Doy13XKQBP0C&q=%22cat+flap%22+date:1984-1990&dq=%22cat+flap%22+date:1984-1990&num=100&pgis=1 p. 142],
- Jane had sealed up the cat flap, closed the ever-open window of the laundry, but there the cat somehow managed to be, staring up with a look of dependence.
- 2006, Louise Rennison, Startled by His Furry Shorts, HarperCollins, ISBN 0060853840, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0060853840&id=a2tCkvie-wkC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&ots=RrPGVBKE3i&dq=%22cat+flap%22+date:2006-2006&num=100&sig=lMgiPz51iFwCA5YIlgDVam82oa4 p. 104],
- I let the cats out because they couldn't be arsed going through the cat flap. They were just sitting in front of the cat flap and yowling.
- 1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, ISBN 0385180144, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0385180144&id=L3QpoNhE90IC&q=%22in+a+rear%22+inauthor:Hailey+date:1984-1984&dq=%22in+a+rear%22+inauthor:Hailey+date:1984-1984&num=100&pgis=1 p. 340],
- French: chatière
- German: Katzenklappe, Katzentür
- Italian: gattaiola
- Portuguese: gateira
- Russian: кошачий
- Spanish: gatera
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