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

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

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

"Just look at that mawkin," the Electress Sophia once exclaimed to Lady Suffolk, who was a guest at the Hanoverian Court, "and think of her being my son's mistress!"

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton

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 never had no faith in t’owd mawkin of a thing.

From Will of the Mill by Fenn, George Manville

Forbye, I would rather walk ae mile on the hill wi' ye than twae, for ye gang up a brae-face like a mawkin!

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John