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Mimmerkin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature. Scotland, archaic, dialectal

    "'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.'"

Etymology

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

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