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leprechaun

[lep-ruh-kawn, -kon] / ˈlɛp rəˌkɔn, -ˌkɒn /


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

From Slate ● May 30, 2024

These older family members of mine could paint vivid pictures as they spun yarns of leprechaun adventures.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

The colorful cast of characters includes Shadow’s walking dead ex-wife, whom he accidentally reanimates after tossing a gold coin from a rowdy leprechaun into the open grave at her funeral.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2023

Maybe he was the lucky leprechaun I let slip away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Colin kicked his legs to the side with each step, like a heel-clicking leprechaun, trying to discourage the blood-thirsty hornets from attacking his legs.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Speaking of trillion-dollar leprechauns, you will hunt through all 545 pages in vain for those big “DOGE” savings you were promised.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

Three years later came Crock of Gold, with its album cover featuring a painting by Shane MacGowan of leprechauns that resembled the demons that seemed to haunt him throughout his life.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023

Here, good luck is manufactured and carefully distributed into the human world by teams of leprechauns, unicorns and dragons.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

Raucous singing was borne toward them on the night air as they retraced their steps along the lantern-lit path, and leprechauns kept shooting over their heads, cackling and waving their lanterns.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling


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