leprechaun

Example Sentences

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A leprechaun costume at Notre Dame might seem silly, but Parker said Bowden owned it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

As Fintan O'Toole quipped recently in the Irish Times, his country "found the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow without even trying to catch the leprechaun."

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.

From Slate • May 30, 2024

A clock still hung on the wall, but most everything else lay in tatters on the sodden grass: a flower pot, socks, a festive tinsel leprechaun.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

“In a moment I’m gonna show ye five faces,” she says to the leprechaun.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston