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sooterkins

sooterkins is the plural of sooterkin.

Meaning of sooterkin

Noun

sooterkin (plural sooterkins)

  1. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
  2. (figuratively) An abortive scheme.
    • Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC
  3. (colloquial) A Dutch person.

Questions about sooterkins

What is sooterkins the plural of?
Sooterkins is the plural of sooterkin.

Words near sooterkins in the dictionary

  1. sootened
  2. sootening
  3. sootens
  4. Sooter
  5. sooterkin
  6. sooterkins
  7. Sooters
  8. sootfall
  9. sootfalls
  10. sootflake
  11. sootflakes

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