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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



... tongues speak of him and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram 'bout her reechy neck, Clamb'ring the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother'd up, leads fill'd and ridges hors'd With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld-shown flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To ...
— The Tragedy of Coriolanus • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]



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