manx cat ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a tailless variety of the domestic cat.
Origin of manx cat First recorded in 1855–60 Examples from the Web for manx cat Historical Examples of manx cat
But it is an appendix of the most appendicious, and can be cut away without the slightest Manx-cat effect.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for manx cat Manx cat noun
- a short-haired tailless variety of cat, believed to originate on the Isle of Man