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Definition of Malkin
1. n. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
Definition of Malkin
1. Noun. (archaic) a lower-class or uncultured woman ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) a cat ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) a mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malkin
1. an untidy woman [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malkin
Literary usage of Malkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver August Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1898)
"Mr. Preston and Mr. William Russell, for the appellant, now argued, that as the
power of appointment over the 8.000L, given by Mrs. malkin by her marriage ..."
2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"malkin, the diminutive of Mai (Mary), a contemptuous term for a coarse wench:
... 224; held a malkin, Not worth the time of day (" not worth a good day or ..."
3. Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1882)
"EPITAPH ON SIR BENJAMIN HEATH malkin.» AT CALCUTTA. (1837. ... HEATH malkin,
Knight, One of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature: By his literary ..."
4. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Hence, too, malkin, a baker's clout to clean ovens with, or a scarecrow (v.
Halliwell), on the same principle by which implements taking Jack's place took ..."
5. The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1860)
"This monument Is sacred to the memory Of SIR BENJAMIN HEATH malkin, Knight, One
of the Judges of The Supreme Court of Judicature: A man eminently ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1820)
"I, therefore, think 18)9. that this district was properly assessed to the county
of Judgment tor the Defendants. JOHNSON against T 1 p 1 -r^ (• 1 D malkin ..."
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