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elfin

[el-fin] / ˈɛl fɪn /


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With her bleach-blond punk haircut, puckish grin and bright elfin eyes, she could have come to the company’s heavily guarded San Francisco headquarters straight from a Berlin rave, via an old forest road in Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Smiling his little elfin smile, he sometimes looks no older than that 11-year-old boy who had the world taken from him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

With her elfin features and skinhead look she was one of pop music's most recognisable figures.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023

And in the “Five Pieces” section, Ashley Hod, eerie and elfin, and Gilbert Bolden III gave angular depth to the acrobatic partnering.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

By eleven o’clock in the morning, Werfel had walked up to Ghohg’s fortress in the center of Tenebrion to wait for his elfin guest.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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