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[ maw-kin, mawl-, mal- ] / ˈmɔ kɪn, ˈmɔl-, ˈmæl- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR malkin ON THESAURUS.COM
noun British Dialect.an untidy woman; slattern. a scarecrow, ragged puppet, or grotesque effigy. a mop, especially one made from a bundle of rags and used to clean out a baker's oven. a cat. a hare. Origin of malkin1200–50; Middle English: literally, little Molly, equivalent to Mal, variant of Molly Mary + -kin Words nearby malkinMalinowski, malinterdigitation, Malipiero, Maliseet, malison, malkin, mall, mallam, mallanders, mallard, Mallarmé Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for malkinThe Malkin family, through Malkin Securities, owns 10 million square feet of real estate, including the Empire State Building. A Candidate Shuns His Family Fortune|Samuel P. Jacobs|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST Hannity and Malkin can still rant, but somewhere, Jack Murtha is watching, with a smile. The Democrats' Big Gun|Peter Beinart|February 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST Today Malkin says this anecdote— highlighted in her Wikipedia entry —has been largely mischaracterized by the mainstream media. Michelle Malkin Has Feelings, Too|Lloyd Grove|September 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST Malkin also likes to get out of her house and do shoe-leather reporting, albeit with ideological intent. Michelle Malkin Has Feelings, Too|Lloyd Grove|September 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The recipient of occasional death threats, Malkin has twice felt the need to move her family to undisclosed locations. Michelle Malkin Has Feelings, Too|Lloyd Grove|September 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST "Go to Malkin Tower at midnight, and thou wilt see," replied the familiar, with a mocking laugh. The Lancashire Witches|William Harrison Ainsworth Lefevre and Malkin are men of first-rate mathematical abilities, and both of our college. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay|George Otto Trevelyan The floods descended from the congregated sisterhood at Malkin tower. Lancashire Folk-lore|John Harland Its very violence, however, assured her it must soon cease, and she would then set out for Malkin Tower. The Lancashire Witches|William Harrison Ainsworth Malkin is a man of singular temper, judgment, and firmness of nerve. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay|George Otto Trevelyan
British Dictionary definitions for malkin/ (ˈmɔːkɪn, ˈmɔːl-, ˈmæl-) /
nounan archaic or dialect name for a cat 1 Compare grimalkin a variant of mawkin Word Origin for malkinC13: diminutive of Maud Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to malkintramp, whore, puma, panther, tabby, kitty, lynx, tiger, cougar, lion, puss, kitten, leopard, bobcat, jaguar, tomcat, pussy, ocelot, tom, cheetah |