sooterkin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
  2. An abortive scheme. figuratively
    — Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.
  3. A Dutch person. colloquial

词形变化

sooterkins plural

词源

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