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

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

Her upcoming had been supervised by a grimalkin governess who drew around the form of her young charge the awful circle of exclusiveness, intercourse with child-kind being strictly prohibited.

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

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

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