pixies

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I don't want one, thank you, sir! water nixies and pixies are as much as I can bear in the goblin line. "

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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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  • Gary wondered when they were back in a glade in Tir na n'Og just a couple of weeks later, waiting with Mickey and Kelsey for the pixies to come and begin their world-crossing dance. —  Spearwielder's Tale 3.htm
  • I call 'em my Sugar Plum pixies, and sometimes we grin at each other. —  GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION
  • The pixies are little black devils with green eyes. —  081 - Hex
  • And pixies—the pixies, or pygsies, are everywhere, waiting to lead the unsuspecting traveller astray. —  The Moor - Laurie R King - Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes 04
  • Rumor had it the dust came from the dessicated bodies of actual pixies, but Mary didn't know if she believed that. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
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