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Malkin   Listen
noun
Malkin  n.  (Written also maukin)  
1.
Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
2.
A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
3.
A scarecrow. (Prov. Eng.)
4.
(Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.





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"Malkin" Quotes from Famous Books



... to himself; "an idle tabby malkin, that perhaps never caught a mouse in his life, and I dare say is not descended from a better family than myself, has the honor to sit at table with my mistress: I would fain know whether he loves her so ...
— The Little Lame Prince - And: The Invisible Prince; Prince Cherry; The Prince With The Nose - The Frog-Prince; Clever Alice • Miss Mulock—Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik
... Who so fit to have the book dedicated to him as one who had acted so conspicuous a part on the memorable occasion at Westminster? The blowing up of Lancaster Castle and good Mr. Covel, by the conclave of witches at Malkin's Tower, was no discreditable imitation of the grand metropolitan drama ...
— Discovery of Witches - The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster • Thomas Potts


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