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

Dame Gudhan speedily followed grimalkin, tottering along on a stick, and muttering to herself, chewing her rage as a horse champs the bit.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

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

Moreover, he had hundreds of mice to his credit and no birds, for he was a good and wise grimalkin.

From The Faery Tales of Weir by Sholl, Anna McClure

She purred, she frolicked, she pounced on an imaginary mouse, caught it, tossed it up in the air, and went through all the manœuvres of a veritable grimalkin.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)