Malkin

Quick meaning: Malkin is a noun meaning (now archaic, regional) A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern.

Meaning

(now archaic, regional) A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern.

More Meanings

1. (now regional) A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
2. (now archaic, regional) A scarecrow.
3. (now rare) A cat.
4. (Scotland, Northern England) A hare.
5. (obsolete, nautical) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Example Sentences

[A] straw malkin like thee, which the very crows are not afraid to perch on[.]

There was milk punch and spiced whisky, a smell of goose and maukin roasting on the spit.

We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]

Ȝe ne haue na more meryte · in masse ne in houres / Þan Malkyn of hire maydenhode · þat no man desireth. You gain no more merit from mass or your prayers / Than Malkin from her maidenhood, which no man desires.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hare, mawks, grimalkin, mawk, slammerkin, slammakin.

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