as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
the story that if you follow a rainbow to its end, you'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold
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Recent Examples of leprechaun
In the United States, March 17 is typically associated with large parties and parades, green beer, Irish food and drink, and motifs like shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
On March 17, there will be a find-the-leprechaun contest for a gift card.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
What do leprechauns do with their unfinished dinner?
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
On March 17, there will be a find-the-leprechaun contest for a gift card.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
What do leprechauns do with their unfinished dinner?
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leprechaun
Noun
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Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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The special will be made available on Disney+ the following day, and the elves will head to ABC’s shelves later in the season.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fighting off hordes of alien monstrosities AND digging for rare minerals in outer space as a crew of beer-swilling, ass kicking space dwarves?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Leprechaun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leprechaun. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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