[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A mop; a bundle of rags fastened to the end of a stick, especially for cleaning out a baker's oven. regional in later use.

- A scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a guy.

- As a designation for certain animals (sometimes as if a proper name). Scottish and English regional. A hare.


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in an earlier sense). From the female forename Malkin from Mal, pet form of the female forename Maud + -kin; in later use sometimes reanalysed as from Mal, Mall, Malle, pet form of the female forename Mary + -kin