grimalkin
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His influence may in fact have reached William Shakespeare, who might have named the witches’ cat in Macbeth – Grimalkin – after one of Baldwin’s cats who appears decades earlier.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2019
The literary history of mystical cats is extensive, from the witchly cat Grimalkin of the 16th-century anti-Catholic satire Beware the Cat, to Poe’s “Black Cat,” the demonic Behemoth in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, H.P.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2012
Like all his race, Grimalkin hated the wet, and he shook his head impatiently as the water trickled inside his ears.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.
For many months Grimalkin had lived a dual life, spending part of the day at the Great White House, but wandering back to the woods at night.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.
I'm giving a pleasant Grimalkin to Lou, —Ah, Puss, what a present I'm giving to you!
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
