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matchka, matchkin, maksti noun a cat 19-20. Compare matchko etymology: Romany matchko ‘a cat’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; also collected by Simson (1865) and attested by two of his informants; form matchkin collected by Joseph F G S Lucas from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies; form maksti attested in Shelta note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form Matschko with the same meaning from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Mátchka from English Gypsies.

Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form matchka with the same meaning from English Gypsies.