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† ˈgoddikin Obs. = godkin.1675 Cotton Burlesque upon B. 180 A little Goddikin, No bigger than a Skittle-pin.
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godkin
godkin (ˈgɒdkɪn) Also goddikin. [f. god n. + -kin; cf. Du. godeken (obs.).] = godling.1802 Coleridge Lett. 405 There was a Godkin or Goddessling included in each. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 19 Aloft the godkin sits in pride, Exultin' in the jokes o' men. 1856 Masson Ess. iii. 74 The lit...
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godling
godling (ˈgɒdlɪŋ) [f. god n. + -ling; cf. goddikin, godkin, godlet.] 1. A little god; an inferior deity, one imagined as possessing little power or of diminutive size. (Chiefly in jocular use; common in the 17th c.) In the first quot. perh. a misreading for gadling2.? a 1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc....
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