mawkin

American  

[maw-kin] / ˈmɔ kɪn /

noun

1. malkin.

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mawkin British  

/ ˈmɔːkɪn /

noun

1. a variant of malkin

2. dialect

   1. a slovenly woman

   2. a scarecrow

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Example Sentences

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mawkin

A cat: mawkin signifies a hare in Scotland.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

I know I am a vast nuisance; ’tis the penalty, my dear, for having a country mawkin as your best friend.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

Perhaps you mean the mawkin that was put up to scare birds from the peas in the garden, for it has more in its head than Tom.

From The Virgin of the Sun by Haggard, Henry Rider

I beseech ye," said he, "my dear Agamemnon, do you remember the twelve labours of Hercules, or the story of Ulysses, how a Cyclop put his thumb out of joint with a mawkin?

From The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter by Burnaby, William

This word is, probably, derived from slow and mawkin.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James