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What does Rumpelstiltskin mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Rumpelstiltskin? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
  2. The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
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Maggie Pearson and Steve Stone's Rumpelstiltskin Returns tells of an odd little man's rescue and how a promise to perform his rescuer's work backfires.
In the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the idea of spinning straw into gold captured our imaginations.
In the villainous Rumpelstiltskin you may discern a cross between Uriah Heep and the carrot-topped Syndrome from The Incredibles.
It is like Rumpelstiltskin where one has to know the magic word in order to spin straw into gold.
Turns out, Have Trunk Will Travel actually owns that little baby elephant, Rumpelstiltskin style.
Some go to jail, such as George Ryan, who preceded Rod Blagojevich as governor. Mr Blagojevich himself is the Rumpelstiltskin of scandal, spinning federal indictments into cash.

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