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pixie

[pik-see] / ˈpɪk si /


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Cardi B sported a range of different hairstyles for her court appearances this week, including a black pixie cut one day and long blonde locks the next.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

Seberg’s haircut in the original film, a super-short, blond pixie cut, rewrote fashion trends around the world and encapsulated a spirit of youthful, diffident insouciance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

For Knox, freedom has meant accepting a mantle that her young, manic pixie self could never have envisioned.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2025

Musk’s association with his companies is like market pixie dust, which is why Tesla’s board of directors has bent over backwards to give him money he doesn’t need in an effort to keep him happy.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2025

As we walked through the gates, I felt one of the pixie nests shift.

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

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

If only I had known about this before, I could have moved all the pixies far away from the cottage and the mines.

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




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