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Definition

Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.

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In Context

  • "[…] I think it is fair to say that they come in two categories: the mass circulation magazines like Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Look and Life; and the news magazines, which are a different breed of cat."
  • "When I got out of law school, I was a different breed of cat. I was ready to make something of myself because people believed in me, and those people had Arizona connections."
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