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. 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 See All Example Sentences for leprechaun
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Noun
  • Pair the duo with fairy lights, a thin linen runner, and more faux foliage to create a stunning seasonal scene.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The fairy houses – known as domus de janas in Sardinian – date back over 5,000 years to the late Neolithic and Copper Age.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the virtuous, near-immortal elves of Lothlórien are depicted living peacefully in a realm of lush flora and elaborate tree-houses.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This time it was set in a fantasy world where the player controls an elf whose race is fighting off hordes of otherworldly monsters.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Leigh Gill is set to play Griphook, after his brief appearance as another goblin, Red, in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • At their largest, Orchestina goblin spiders are about one-tenth of an inch long — smaller than a grain of rice.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Later, of course, it was revealed that a quite human dwarf was hidden within the machine, directing the Turk’s gameplay.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The shrub grows 6 to 15 feet tall; there are dwarf, medium-sized, and tall varieties.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And thank the faeries for that.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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