A joint-staff sponge, for cleaning out a piece of ordnance.
·noun A <<Scarecrow>>. II. Malkin ·noun Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. III. Malkin ·noun A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A general name for a cat; also a parcel of rags fastened to the end of a stick, to clean an oven; al...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose