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Definition: MALKIN |
MALKINNoun1. A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. 2. A scarecrow. 3. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant. 4. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. |
Date "MALKIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Note: Malkin \Mal"kin\, noun. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Compare to Grimalkin.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Malkin The nickname of Mary, now called Molly. Hence the Maid Marian is so termed. Malkin. A kitchen wench, now called a Molly, is by Shakespeare termed "the kitchen Malkin. (Coriolanus, ii. 1.) Malkin. A scarecrow or figure dressed like a scullion; hence, anything made of rags, as a mop. Malkin. A Moll or female cat, the male being a "Tom." When the cat mews, the witch in Macbeth calls out, "I come, Grimalkin" (i. 1). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | MALKIN, or MAULKIN. A general name for a cat; also a parcel of rags fastened to the end of a stick, to clean an oven; also a figure set up in a garden to scare the birds; likewise an awkward woman. The cove's so scaly, he'd spice a malkin of his jazey: th. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary; doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab. |
Uncleanness | Dowdy, drab, malkin, slattern, sloven, slammerkin, slammock, slummock, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark, dust-man, sweep; beast. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MALKIN |
| English words defined with "MALKIN": Maukin, Mawkin ♦ Scovel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MALKIN": Grimalkin. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Malkin (1953) | |
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| "MALKIN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MALKIN" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "MALKIN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Malkin | Last name | 1,000 | 14,556 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
michelle malkin | 119 |
malkin | 43 |
bowl malkin | 19 |
michele malkin | 8 |
bowl malkin park stanley | 5 |
peter malkin | 3 |
malkin wein | 3 |
jain malkin | 2 |
athletic center malkin | 2 |
bowl malkin vancouver | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MALKIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | drabag (dirty woman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alkinmay.(various references) | |
Romanian | ojoc. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | con thỏ rừng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MALKIN": malkins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "MALKIN": grimalkin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "MALKIN": grimalkins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MALKIN" (pronounced ma"lki'n) |
| 5 | -a" l k i' n | Calkin. |
| 3 | -k i' n | Bodkin, buckskin, bumpkin, deerskin, Gaskin, mannequin, napkin, pigskin, punkin, redskin, sheepskin, siskin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-k-l-m-n" | |
-1 letter: liman. | |
-2 letters: akin, amin, anil, ilka, kail, kain, kami, kiln, kina, lain, lank, lima, limn, link, mail, main, milk, mina, mink, nail. | |
-3 letters: ail, aim, ain, ami, ani, ilk, ink, kin, lam, lin, man, mil, nam, nil, nim. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, am, an, in, ka, la, li, ma, mi, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-k-l-m-n" | |
+1 letter: lambkin, linkman, malkins, manlike, milkman. | |
+2 letters: lambkins, lambskin, linksman, mackling. | |
+3 letters: grimalkin, humanlike, lambskins, lawmaking, multibank, womanlike. | |
+4 letters: animallike, filmmaking, grimalkins, lawmakings, lovemaking, mistakenly, playmaking, seamanlike, toolmaking. | |
+5 letters: filmmakings, glassmaking, hallmarking, kinematical, kleptomania, lovemakings, machinelike, marlinspike, phantomlike, platemaking, playmakings, steelmaking, toolmakings, workmanlike. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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