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
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 D. A. (David Alva) Clippinger
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 Wiliam Cabell Bruce
A concert of singing mice with a savage and hungry old grimalkin as leader of the orchestra!
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Like a respectable old grimalkin at the mercy of a crowd of boys and a tin kettle," added Jeannie, laughing.
From A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
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