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Webster 1913 Edition


mousekin

mouse′kin

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Noun.
A little mouse.
Thackeray.
2.
One who pries about on the lookout for something.

Definition 2024


mousekin

mousekin

English

Noun

mousekin (plural mousekins)

  1. A little mouse.
    • William Makepeace Thackeray
      “Frisk about, pretty little mousekin,” says grey Grimalkin, purring in the corner, and keeping watch with her green eyes.
    • 2008, Robin D. Owens, Heart Dance:
      Dufleur blinked at the stuffed oblong bit of gray cloth that had originally been a mousekin for Fairyfoot. The ears and tail were all gone. The fabric was nubby and snagged, with a couple of bits gone, showing the padding.
  2. A baby mouse.

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