leprechaun

Example Sentences

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He memorably dressed up as a leprechaun, another time as an FBI agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

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

Things go terribly wrong, resulting in a comedic adventure involving an unusual dragon, bunnies in hazmat suits, leprechaun millennials and an overweight German unicorn in a too-tight tracksuit.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

She was dressed in her Girl Scout uniform, which she had sewn herself, and it made her look like a shiny green leprechaun.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos