sooterkin

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Definition of sooterkin

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noun

A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.

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noun

A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
(figuratively)An abortive scheme.

“Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.”
(colloquial)A Dutch person.

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From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.

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