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 ubiquitous collector of rags and bottles and rabbits' skins was always anxiously inquiring for the heads also, and the natural conclusion was that, thanks to the latter, stewed grimalkin passed muster as gibelotte.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

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

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

In England, too, there is a sly grimalkin, Who poisons rats with most malicious thoughts, And bears the name of Adam—Adam Smith, By Jack named Adam just to signify His sinful nature.

From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee