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Hans in kelder

Hans in kelder noun: an unborn child.

Noun

Hans in kelder (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An unborn child.
    • Come here's a health to the Hans in Kelder, and the mother of the boy, if it prove so.1640, Richard Brome, Sparagus Garden
    • When his companions drank to the Hans en kelderr, or Jack in the low cellar, he could not help displaying an extraordinary complacence of countenance […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin of Hans in kelder

From Dutch Hans in kelder (“Hans in the cellar”).

Questions about Hans in kelder

What does Hans in kelder mean?
Hans in kelder means an unborn child.
What part of speech is Hans in kelder?
Hans in kelder is a noun.

Words near Hans in kelder in the dictionary

  1. Hanrahans
  2. Hanratty
  3. Hanrattys
  4. Hans
  5. Hans Gruber
  6. Hans in kelder
  7. Hans Island
  8. Hans Lollik Island
  9. Hans Wurst
  10. Hansard
  11. Hansardize

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