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Answer for the clue "Feline stray ", 9 letters:
alley cat

Word definitions for alley cat in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. homeless cat [syn: stray ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Alley cat may refer to: Cat designations Stray cat , a homeless domestic cat; or, less probably: Feral cat , a cat which has been separated from domestication Domestic short-haired cat or "moggie" cat more generally, as distinct from a pedigreed cat Organizations ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He may have the morals of an alley cat but raping a semi-comatose girl was beyond him. ▪ I mercilessly left his fate in her hands; it was like leaving a goldfish in the care of an alley cat .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A feral cat in urban contexts. 2 (context figurative jocular English) A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

Usage examples of alley cat.

She hoistedshoulders and looked ready to pounce od mylike some alley cat .

Renee had the morals of an alley cat, but she wasnt, never had been, a violent person.

A dark alley cat rummaged in the garbage of one overturned can, making almost no noise as it searched for survival.

Later, through the good offices of a sleazy publisher with the ethics of an alley cat, they surfaced and he was crucified, ruined.

You done good, hon, moved like a regular alley cat, but I'd say Mask, God of Thieves, has a soft spot in his larcenous heart for little ol' you.