1) English legendary creature
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A sooterkin is a fabled small creature about the size of a mouse that certain women were believed to have been capable of giving birth to. The origin of this initially jocular fantasy lies in the 18th century, and came to be considered factual by some eminent physicians of the day. It is attributed to a tendency of Dutch women to frequently sit on...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooterkin
• (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.
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http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sooterkin/
Soot'er·kin noun [ Confer Prov. German suttern to boil gently.] A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme. « Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.» Pope.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/145
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