sooterkin

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noun

Plural noun:

sooterkins

1.
A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
2.
(figuratively)An abortive scheme.
3.
(colloquial)A Dutch person.

From dialectal nl zoeterken sweatheart (compare zoetje, zoetke (sweetheart)), equivalent to sweet + --kin or soot + --kin.