leprechaun
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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 drawings and paintings, Low imagines her mother as a gangster from a Jackie Chan film, or a leprechaun running around and hoarding a pile of toilet paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022
“The leprechaun is bound by certain rituals. Very specific rituals, I might add. We can use them to track one down.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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