malkin
/ˈmɔːkɪn/ /ˈmɔːlkɪn/Now archaic and regional
noun
1A mop; a bundle of rags fastened to the end of a stick, especially for cleaning out a baker's oven. regional in later use.
2A scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a guy.
3 Scottish and English regional ( northern ). A hare.
Origin
Middle English (in an earlier sense). From the female forename Malkin from Mal, pet-form of the female forename Maud + -kin; in later use sometimes reanalysed as from Mal, Mall, Malle, pet-form of the female forename Mary + -kin.