nixie

Example Sentences

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I think of the river and how, when one nixie detached from the others, Cardan waited until it paused and then left so we could get out of the water.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

They dwell with Odin and the nixie in the lake.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

"Here I am, papa!" cried a clear girlish voice, "wet as a nixie; we were up on the Wolkenstein all through the storm; just see how we look, Griff and I!"

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

Her face was flushed and her nixie eyes were dancing to the mischief she contemplated.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

On dancing ripples, a nixie is laughing to echoing horns and lures us back to the story.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.