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

Even the sage grimalkin showed indubitable signs of joy, at the return of the youngster.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

Faith," said the subaltern, smiling in his turn, "the log may yet be split, and grimalkin lose his lives, if you often charge as madly as you did this morning.

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

I reverted to my pillow, and fell into a train of conjectures touching the grimalkin.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Surely," said I, "surely that is a grimalkin at my lattice.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various