WordNet
n. a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black [syn: tabby]
Wikipedia
Tabby Cat is a long version of solitaire similar to Aces Up. The play consists of four stacks in the tableau, with an additional "tail", where partial builds can be placed. Four foundations are available, and the goal of the game is to build up kings to aces (low), regardless of color, whereupon the build can then be cleared from the tableau and moved to a foundation.
The play proceeds by sequentially dealing four cards to each stack of the tableau. These stacks are to be managed, building cards of lower rank on top of cards of higher rank. Partial builds can be moved onto the tail if need be, but if the partial build has, for example, 9 as its highest rank, to move off the tail it must be moved onto a card of rank 10.
Category:Single-deck solitaire card games
A tabby is any domestic cat that has a coat featuring distinctive stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with a mark resembling an 'M' on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a cat breed. In fact, the tabby pattern is found in many breeds, as well as among the general mixed-breed population. The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be related to the coloration of the domestic cat's direct ancestor, the African wildcat, which (along with the European wildcat and Asiatic wildcat) has a similar coloration.
Usage examples of "tabby cat".
Whitney-Jones's smile made her look more than ever like a large, friendly tabby cat.
Rufus looked down at his legs where the huge red tabby cat braided itself around them.
Only the high wailing continued, and then both Will and Lyra saw what it was: a tabby cat, cowering against the wall of the tower, its ear torn and its tail bent.
It was a big one, in good condition, its coat silvery and thick The dark tear-line from its long yellow eye was as clearly marked as a tabby cat's.
There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’.
There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn't a map in sight.
He opened his eyes to find a fat yellow tabby cat sitting on his chest, peering at him with wise golden eyes.
Instead, she modeled a light-colored tabby cat with a red tongue and blue eyes.
Now at the far end, opposite the house, was an unusual sight: like a set of fingers, a row of five white fluted columns lent the garden the primitive, haunted look of a lost ruin: Judas vine snaked up their toppling slenderness, and a yellow tabby cat was sharpening its claws against the middle column.
As he straightened up, a door in the gray wall flew open and a simply enormous Tabby Cat, dressed as a guard, seized Pajuka by the wing and Mombi by the arm.