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

Many of his clients have come seeking dramatically short cuts — shags, pixies and razored bobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2022

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

More pixies fluttered around the spinning wheel, dancing on the spindle and the spokes.

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