sooterkin
noun
soot·er·kin
ˈsu̇tə(r)kə̇n,
ˈsüt-
plural -s
1
: an afterbirth formerly held to be produced by Dutch women
delivered of a sooterkin not unlike to a rat
John Cleveland
John Cleveland2
: something that is imperfect or unsuccessful
especially : an imperfect literary composition
fruits of dull heat and sooterkins of wit Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope 3
archaic : dutchman
Word History
Etymology
probably from (assumed) Dutch dialect zoetkijn, diminutive of Dutch dialect zoet soot, from Middle Dutch soet
- shakerful
- shakerism
- shakerisms
- shakers
- shakes
- shakes (off)
- shakes a leg
- shakes down
- shakes off
- shakes on
- shakes out
- shakes up
- Shakespeare
- Shakespearean
- Shakespearean sonnet
- Shakespeareana
- shakespeareanize
- shakespeareans
- shakespeares
- shakespearian
- shakespeariana
- shakespearians
- shakeups
- Shakhty
- shakier