Malkin \Mal"kin\, n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.]

[Written also maukin.]

1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. --Chaucer.

2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.

3. A scarecrow. [Prov. Eng.]

4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)