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

While Scott was reading, the sage grimalkin, already mentioned, had taken his seat in a chair beside the fire, and remained with fixed eye and grave demeanor, as if listening to the reader.

From Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Irving, Washington

The owner decided to have the grimalkin respectably buried in her garden, and a man named Willan dug a grave for it.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

Safe in thy wired castle, grimalkin never could annoy thee.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

The child, seeing grimalkin stalk stealthily into the room, points the finger and says “cat.”

From The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing by Clippinger, D. A. (David Alva)