(now, _, archaic, regional) A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman (Bodleian MS Laud Misc. 581), I:
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(now, _, regional) A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
: Ȝe ne haue na more meryte · in masse ne in houres / Þan Malkyn of hire maydenhode · þat no man desireth.
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(obsolete, nautical) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
:: You gain no more merit from mass or your prayers / Than Malkin from her maidenhood, which no man desires.
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