An imaginary kind of afterbirth formerly attributed to Dutch women.
a1658 CLEVELAND Char. Diurn. Maker (1677) 103 There goes a Report of the Holland Women, that together with their Children, they are delivered of a Sooterkin, not unlike to a Rat, which some imagine to be the Off-spring of the Stoves.
transf. Chiefly applied to persons in allusive senses (to Dutchman, chimney-sweeps, Negroes etc.)
Applied to literary compositions, etc., of a supplementary or imperfect character.
—adapted from OED
Someone has a -kin list ... c_b? Qroqqa's citation reads like one of sionnach's specials, so this word must be amazing!
Cute word, kind of gross etymology.
An imaginary kind of afterbirth formerly attributed to Dutch women.
a1658 CLEVELAND Char. Diurn. Maker (1677) 103 There goes a Report of the Holland Women, that together with their Children, they are delivered of a Sooterkin, not unlike to a Rat, which some imagine to be the Off-spring of the Stoves.
transf. Chiefly applied to persons in allusive senses (to Dutchman, chimney-sweeps, Negroes etc.)
Applied to literary compositions, etc., of a supplementary or imperfect character.
—adapted from OED