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Rumpelstiltskin

rum·pels·tilts·kin

UK/ˌɹʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ rare

noun

1.

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

Origin

From German Rumpelstilzchen; Wikipedia discusses the hypotheses.

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