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

For my part, I cannot abide cats since my neighbor’s grimalkin stole my sausage.”

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

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

When the person appointed to feed grimalkin went with her breakfast next day, no traces of her or her kitten were to be found.

From Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits by Landseer, T.

Every knee was bent, every hand strewed flowers or poured incense, and grimalkin was treated in all respects as the god of the day.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 by Various