Malkin

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A kitchen servant, or any common woman; a slattern.
  • noun. Maid Marian, the lady of the morris-dance.
  • noun. A stuffed figure; a caricature of a woman in dress and general appearance; a scarecrow.
  • noun. A cat. Compare grimalkin. :
  • noun. A hare.
  • noun. A mop; especially, a mop used to clean a baker's oven.
  • noun. In gunnery, a jointed staff with a sponge at one end, used for cleaning out cannon.
  • noun. The little grebe or dabchick.
  • Of or pertaining to a malkin or kitchen-wench.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
  • noun. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
  • noun. A scarecrow.
  • noun. A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern
  • noun. a cat
  • noun. a mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
  • noun. A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
  • noun. A scarecrow.
  • Word Usage
    "Click to read. malkin is okay, but every time i look at her i think about massages."
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