Middle English Dictionary Entry

malkin n.
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1.
(a) Woman's name; -- often used as jocular or contemptuous term for a servant woman, a young woman of the lower classes, or a woman of loose morals; (b) a mop or bundle of rags used for cleaning; esp. for cleaning ovens; (c) an impotent man; (d) in surnames.