rutterkin

English

Noun

rutterkin (plural rutterkins)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) An old crafty fox or beguiler.
   • 1579, J. T., transl., Sermons of M. Jean Calvin):

     what will become of the Doctrine , […] if ye play the rutterkin

References

• “rutterkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.