/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Hodeken
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means Little-hat, a German goblin or domestic fairy; so called because he always wore a little felt hat over his face. Our hudkin.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.