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# {{lb|en|now|_|archaic|regional}} A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or [[uncultured]] [[woman]]; a [[kitchenmaid]]; a [[slattern]]. {{defdate|from 13th c.}}
#* '''c. 1385''', {{w|William Langland}}, ''Piers Plowman'' (Bodleian MS Laud Misc. 581), I:
#*: Ȝe ne haue na more meryte · in masse ne in houres / Þan '''Malkyn''' of hire maydenhode · þat no man desireth.
#*:: You gain no more merit from mass or your prayers / Than '''Malkin''' from her maidenhood, which no man desires.
#* {{quote-book|lang=en|year=1849|author=Tennyson|authorlink=Alfred, Lord Tennyson|
|title=Poems|volume=2
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