Usually means: Old broom; derogatory term, woman.
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  1. malkin: Merriam-Webster
  2. malkin: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Malkin, malkin: Wordnik
  4. Malkin, malkin: Wiktionary
  5. malkin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. malkin: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Malkin, malkin: Dictionary.com
  8. malkin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Malkin (Geo TV), Malkin (TV series), Malkin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Malkin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. malkin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Malkin: Rhymezone
  13. Malkin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. malkin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. Malkin: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. Malkin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. malkin: FreeDictionary.org
  18. malkin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. malkin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Malkin, malkin: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Malkin)

noun:  (now archaic, regional) A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
noun:  (now regional) A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
noun:  (obsolete, nautical) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
noun:  (now archaic, regional) A scarecrow.
noun:  (now rare) A cat.
noun:  (Scotland, Northern England) A hare.
noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.

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