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English
Noun
maukin (plural maukins)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of malkin. Alternative form of mawkin.
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Pronunciation
Noun
maukin (plural maukins)
- hare
1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, page 13:Arrabella: Thou wilt get there before it be dark, if thou make good speed.
Bawldry. No, though I had the speed o' a mawkin.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- simpleton
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