[f. as prec. + -KIN.] A diminutive tiger; a tiger-cub; also, a cat.
1849. Lytton, Caxtons, XIV. ii. It is only from the attic that you can appreciate the picturesque which belongs to our domesticated tigerkin!
1867. Lond. Rev., 26 Jan., 116/2. The tigerkin whose claws are not grown and whose habits are … playful.
