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grimalkin

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gri·mal·kin  (gr-môlkn, -ml-)
n.
1. A cat, especially an old female cat.
2. An old woman considered to be ill-tempered.

[Variant of graymalkin : gray + obsolete malkin, lower-class woman; see merkin.]

grimalkin [grɪˈmælkɪn -ˈmɔːl-]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an old cat, esp an old female cat
2. a crotchety or shrewish old woman
[from grey + malkin]

grimalkin
1. a cat, particularly an old female cat.
2. a bad-tempered old woman.
See also: Cats


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This could not be, however; he was not there; for, while Hepzibah was looking, a strange grimalkin stole forth from the very spot, and picked his way across the garden.
Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other.
 
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