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malkin

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mal⋅kin

[maw-kin, mawl-, mal-]
–noun British Dialect.
1. an untidy woman; slattern.
2. a scarecrow, ragged puppet, or grotesque effigy.
3. a mop, esp. one made from a bundle of rags and used to clean out a baker's oven.
4. a cat.
5. a hare.
Also, mawkin.


Origin:
1200–50; ME: lit., little Molly, equiv. to Mal, var. of Molly Mary + -kin
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