mimmerkin

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mimmerkin

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From mimmer + -kin. Cognate with Scots mimmerkin, memmerkin (“a dwarf, dwarfish creature”). Compare also mimmering (“doting, dreaming”).

noun mimmerkins · mymmerkin · memmerkin · mymerken · mymmerkyn · memmerkyn

  1. Scotland, archaic, dialectal A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature. 'So it's your problem, no mine, if the wee mimmerkin's run,' he added, wiping his hand on his jerkin. 'Get a move on, man, Iw ant to get a hold of Bernard Stewart before he takes refuge the wrong side of that wall.'

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