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Thread #100667 Message #2022362
Posted By: MMario
11-Apr-07 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Smerkin mekin, old English -translation?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Smerkin mekin, old English -translation?
found this:
the term's etymology as stemming from an "alteration of obsolete malkin, lower-class woman, mop, from Middle English; from Malkin, diminutive of the personal name Matilda" American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.