different between tomcat vs pussycat

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From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom.

tomcat (plural tomcats)

tomcat (third-person singular simple present tomcats, present participle tomcatting, simple past and past participle tomcatted)

To prowl for sexual gratification.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 539:
  He would not go roaming the streets tom-catting like Mr Schick.

pussycat (plural pussycats)

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