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morkins

morkins is the plural of morkin.

Meaning of morkin

Noun

morkin (plural morkins)

  1. (obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
    • Could hee^([sic]) not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Questions about morkins

What is morkins the plural of?
Morkins is the plural of morkin.

Words near morkins in the dictionary

  1. Morken
  2. Morkens
  3. morkie
  4. morkies
  5. morkin
  6. morkins
  7. morkovcha
  8. morkovchas
  9. Morkrum
  10. Morkrums
  11. Morks

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