Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diminutive of rutter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, derogatory An old
crafty fox orbeguiler .
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Wikipedia says a rutterkin is a kind of demon in dungeons and dragons.
Spinneyhead 2008
qroqqa commented on the word rutterkin
A swaggering gallant or bully. (according to OED, which only has 16th-century quotations for it)
An old crafty fox or beguiler – a word of contempt. (Webster 1913)
July 10, 2008