grimalkin
Example Sentences
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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
It is the visage of grimalkin, outside of the window, where he appears to have posted himself for a deliberate watch.
From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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
My little guide was still gazing wistfully after us, waving her shawl and holding tight to a coin which I trust no old grimalkin pried out of her hand.
From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
