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

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

Low on the hearth my good grimalkin lies, His supple, glossy limbs outstretched along; Now gently sleeps with softly closèd eyes, Now, half awakened, purrs his even-song.

From Christmas Entertainments by Kellogg, Alice Maude

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

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

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