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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

Think of the leprechaun of Ireland, the puckish forest-dwelling aluxe of Mexico, or the grisly krasue of Southeast Asia, a woman whose internal organs hang exposed from her neck down.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2023

I asked if he were a leprechaun, and if so, where was his pot of gold?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2023

I felt like a sprite or a hungry leprechaun, turning over leaves in search of a treat, looking under weeds for a pot of gold, or perhaps a turnip.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

The great shamrock dissolved, the leprechauns drifted down onto the field on the opposite side from the veela, and settled themselves cross-legged to watch the match.

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




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