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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Malkin

/măl'-kĭn/ · Mal·kin · IPA /ˈmɔːlkɪn/
01 n. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
  1. 1.
    Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
  2. 2.
    A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
  3. 3.
    A scarecrow.[Prov. Eng.]
  4. 4.
    A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.(Mil.)