From A Word A Day:
malkin (MO-kin, MAL-kin) noun
1. An untidy woman; a slattern.
2. A scarecrow or a grotesque effigy.
3. A mop made of a bundle or rags fastened to a stick.
Which definition do you think is most accurate?
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From A Word A Day:
malkin (MO-kin, MAL-kin) noun
1. An untidy woman; a slattern.
2. A scarecrow or a grotesque effigy.
3. A mop made of a bundle or rags fastened to a stick.
Which definition do you think is most accurate?
Popularity: 3% [?]
Isn’t this an example of “nominal determinism”?
Anyway, I vote for 3.
Number one is my favourite, assuming that “slattern” means vicious, small-minded dullard.
But this is a good one too – I’m delighted to tell you that A. Coulter is a common tool…
coulter
/koltr/ (US colter)
• noun a vertical cutting blade fixed in front of a ploughshare.
 ORIGIN Latin culter ‘knife or ploughshare’.
I was going to go for number 1 because I like the sound of “slattern”, but she (or one of her contributors) does use the phrase “get a load of this loathesome toad”, which I quite like and so I shall opt for number 3 instead; based on the dodgy highlights and slightly 80’s hairstyle featured in her picture on the “about” section.