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

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

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

Lady Morgan tells a story of an "amiable and intelligent" grimalkin, which belonged to a young girl who was subject to epileptic fits.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 by Various

An enormous grimalkin, almost a wild cat, comes rattling along the roof, down from the chimney-top, and Tom Tortoiseshell, leaping from love to war, tackles to the Red Rover in single combat.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 by Various

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