sooterkin
sooterkin · sooterkins
A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves…A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
Meaning
3 sensesA mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
(figuratively)An abortive scheme.
(colloquial)A Dutch person.
Origin
From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), eFrom dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.
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