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Grimalkin   Listen
noun
Grimalkin  n.  
1.
An old cat, especially a she-cat.
2.
A bad-tempered old woman.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Grimalkin" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'tis in some sort the youth and tender nonage of the day. Youth is bashful, and I give it a cup to encourage it. (Sings) "Ale that will make Grimalkin prate."—At noon I drink for thirst, at night for fellowship, but, above all, I love to usher in the bashful morning under the auspices of a freshening stoop of liquor. (Sings) "Ale in a Saxon rumkin then makes valour burgeon in tall men."—But, I crave pardon. I fear I keep that gentleman ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV - Poems and Plays • Charles and Mary Lamb



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