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ˈkillcrop rare.
[ad. LG. kîlkrop, G. kielkropf, of uncertain etym. (see Grimm).]
An insatiate brat, popularly supposed to be a fairy changeling substituted for the genuine child.
1652H. Bell Luther's Colloq. 387 Near unto Halberstad, was a man that also had a Killcrop, who sucked the mother and 5 other women drie; and besides devoured very much. 1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 28 They may talk of..Canibals, Man-eaters, Killcraps, and the Devil and all. 1836W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 90 Those little fairy changelings called Killcrops, which eat and eat, and are never the fatter. a1843Southey The Killcrop xvi, If killcrops look like children, by what power Know you they are not? |