Definition of sooterkin Sooterkin
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What does sooterkin mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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sooterkin
A joke upon the Dutch women, supposing that, by their constant use of stoves, which they place under their petticoats, they breed a kind of small animal in their bodies, called a sooterkin, of the size of a mouse, which when mature slips out.
