leprechaun

Example Sentences

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He memorably dressed up as a leprechaun, another time as an FBI agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Most Americans are familiar with the Snap, Crackle and Pop kids, Tony the Tiger, the Lucky Charms leprechaun, the Trix rabbit, Toucan Sam from Froot Loops and dozens more.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

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

From Slate • May 30, 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

When Dad comes home from looking for a job he holds Margaret and sings to her: In a shady nook one moonlit night A leprechaun I spied.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt