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Rumpelstiltskin

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Rumpelstiltskin [ˌrʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn]
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(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a dwarf in a German folktale who aids the king's bride on condition that she give him her first child or guess the dwarf's name. She guesses correctly and in his rage he destroys himself
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Noun1.RumpelstiltskinRumpelstiltskin - 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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Rumpelstiltskin
n → Rumpelstilzchen nt


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Mary was just finishing the delicious tale of Rumpelstiltskin, which she had well by heart, because Letty was never tired of communicating it to her ignorant elders from a favorite red volume.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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