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grimalkin definition

gri·mal·kin (gri mal′kin, -môl′-)

noun

  1. a cat; esp., an old female cat
  2. a malicious old woman

Etymology: earlier gray malkin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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