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

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

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

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

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

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