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
Maybe he was the lucky leprechaun I let slip away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
One ad stars Jennifer Coolidge as “Lady Luck” as she tries to smuggle a leprechaun through airport security.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Not leprechaun green or grass green, but more like limeade green.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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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
Gnomes and shrooms go together like leprechauns and pots of gold, so pair this funky fungus with your chillest gnomie.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
Hermione said, leaning forward to watch Krum land as a swarm of mediwizards blasted a path through the battling leprechauns and veela to get to him.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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