grimalkin

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One only of all Charles Cholerton's cats escaped; a smoky grimalkin, she came slinking from a fiery window, her eyes lit with warm red fury.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her upcoming had been supervised by a grimalkin governess who drew around the form of her young charge the awful circle of exclusiveness, intercourse with child-kind being strictly prohibited.

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

Dame Gudhan speedily followed grimalkin, tottering along on a stick, and muttering to herself, chewing her rage as a horse champs the bit.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

This could not be, however; he was not there; for, while Hepzibah was looking, a strange grimalkin stole forth from the very spot, and picked his way across the garden.

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A cheerful fire blazes on the hearth; and at the moment grimalkin is purring on the rug.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various