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- noun a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
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POLICE STATE AND THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN by RICHARD SHADE on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007 at 9: 53: 40 AM rumpelstiltskin by countsueulaw@hotmail.com on Friday, Dec 21, 2007 at 6: 47: 38 AM looks like we have the stage set for the anti christ by countsueulaw@hotmail.com on Friday, Dec 21, 2007 at 7: 04: 22 AM
Prolagus commented on the word rumpelstiltskin
Tremotino in the Italian version.
November 7, 2008