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cutikin
cutikin Sc. (ˈk{smY}tɪkɪn) Also cuttikin, cuittikin, cuitican. [f. cuit, cute, coot2, ancle, with dim. suffix.] A gaiter, a spatterdash.1816 Scott Antiq. xi, As he exchanged his slippers for a pair of stout walking shoes, with cutikins, as he called them, of black cloth. 1833 Moir Mansie Wauch vi. (...
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thumbkins
thumbikins, thumbkins, n. pl. Sc. (ˈθʌmɪkɪnz, ˈθʌmkɪnz) Also 7 thumbe-, 7–8 thummi-, 7–9 thumkins, 8–9 thumbikens. [f. thumb + -i)kin dim. suffix: cf. cutikin.] = thumb-screw 2.1684 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 23 July, Whereas..ther is now a new inventione and Ingyne called the thumbekins..[the Lords]...
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-kin
-kin, suffix (kɪn) forming diminutives, corresp. to MDu. -kijn, -ken, MLG. -kîn = OHG. -chîn, MHG. -chîn, -chein, -chin, -chen (G. -chen), as in MDu. kindekijn, -ken, MLG. kindekîn, MHG. kindichîn, G. kindchen little child; MDu. husekijn, huusken, MHG. häusichin, G. häuschen a little house. No trace...
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