pixies

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Dominic: It’s a little like when Professor Lockhart released that swarm of Cornish pixies in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”: They’re everywhere and constantly in your face.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Jack teams up with a team of elves, fairies, pixies and sprites to infiltrate the bowels of the wicked great tree of life for a final confrontation with the devilish Lord.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2021

"It's scarcely worth having a name for. I don't have a name for not believing in pixies."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2019

And I'm doing a quick stint on “Maleficent 2” because, well, I'm one of the pixies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2018

A few unfortunate servants were tossing fat gold coins into the street, warding off the pixies as best they could.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff