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Webster 1913 Edition
mousekin
mouse′kin
,Noun.
A little mouse.
Thackeray.
2.
One who pries about on the lookout for something.
Definition 2024
mousekin
mousekin
English
Noun
mousekin (plural mousekins)
- 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.
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- A baby mouse.
Translations
little mouse