malkin

A kitchen servant, or any common woman; a slattern.

Maid Marian, the lady of the morris-dance.

A stuffed figure; a caricature of a woman in dress and general appearance; a scarecrow.

A cat. Compare grimalkin. :

A hare.

A mop; especially, a mop used to clean a baker’s oven.

In gunnery, a jointed staff with a sponge at one end, used for cleaning out cannon.

The little grebe or dabchick.

Of or pertaining to a malkin or kitchen-wench.

Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.