pixie

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Welch: Yes, I should say, Senator, that a pixie is a close relative of a fairy.

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  1. noun A fairylike or elfin creature, especially one that is mischievous; a playful sprite.
  2. adjective Playfully mischievous.

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  • Short red hair in what I think girls call a pixie cut. —  Asimov's SF, October-November2006
  • She was lithe and round-faced: the kind of combination that might have tempted me to call her pixie if I'd been willing to get slapped for it. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 01 - July 2003
  • He wandered round the outer fire like a gigantic pixie, then, as the evening drew on, he carried Leithen into the cave, and, having arranged a couch for him, stood over him like an angry schoolmaster. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • He doubted that Lord Christopher was a pixie, as Sally would put it, indeed the glances he kept throwing towards Sally suggested the opposite, but there was a petulant weakness in him. —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • Agent Bedhead - ... your source for all things Björkish, the delightful Icelandic psycho-pixie will be —  ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs
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