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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Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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On the Blumarine spring 2026 runway in Milan on Friday, models tapped into their inner bohemian-fairy party girl personas with charcoal eyeliner smudged around their eyes, faded hues on their lips and tired waves in their hair.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 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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Popping in for story time and serving goblin snacks on holidays kept me tethered to my clingy girl.—
Nancy Prentice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Sep. 2025
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Some say the cave system would have connected the goblins from Hopkinsville to Hellier.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These two dwarf galaxies orbit the Milky Way at distances of 163,000 and 200,000 light-years, respectively, moving through our galaxy's outer halo of hot gas not too dissimilar, but on a much smaller scale, from the Virgo Cluster's halo of hot gas.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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While some amaranth varieties, like the colorful ‘Burgundy Amaranth,’ are too tall for most planters, dwarf amaranths like ‘Globe Amaranth’ or ‘Pygmy’s Torch’ are the perfect size for pots.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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