killcropn.

Etymology: < Low German kîlkrop, German kielkropf, of uncertain etymology (see Grimm).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈkillcrop.

rare.

An insatiable child, supposed in folklore to be a fairy changeling.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > changeling

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1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 387 Near unto Halberstad, was a man that also had a Killcrop, who sucked the mother and 5 other women drie; and besides devoured very much.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 9 Aug. 1/1 They may talk of..Canibals, Man-eaters, Killcraps, and the Devil and all.

1836 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 90 Those little fairy changelings called Killcrops, which eat and eat, and are never the fatter.

a1843 R. Southey Killcrop xvi If killcrops look like children, by what power Know you they are not?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	killcrop
释义	killcropn. Etymology: < Low German kîlkrop, German kielkropf, of uncertain etymology (see Grimm).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈkillcrop. rare. An insatiable child, supposed in folklore to be a fairy changeling. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > changeling changeling1584 ouphea1616 aufe1621 oaf1638 killcrop1652 1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 387 Near unto Halberstad, was a man that also had a Killcrop, who sucked the mother and 5 other women drie; and besides devoured very much. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 9 Aug. 1/1 They may talk of..Canibals, Man-eaters, Killcraps, and the Devil and all. 1836 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 90 Those little fairy changelings called Killcrops, which eat and eat, and are never the fatter. a1843 R. Southey Killcrop xvi If killcrops look like children, by what power Know you they are not? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652
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