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Pixie   /pˈɪksi/   Listen
Pixie

noun
(pl. pixies)
1.
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous.  Synonyms: brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixy.
2.
Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.  Synonyms: pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie.






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"Pixie" Quotes from Famous Books



... I was told, a few weeks ago, by the old man who acts as guide to the caves, of a recent instance of a man's being pixy-led. In going home, full of strong drink, across the hill above the cavern called the "Pixies' Hole," on a moonlit night, he heard sweet {511} music, and was led into the whirling dance by the "good folk," who kept on spinning him without mercy, till he fell ...
— Notes and Queries, Issue No. 61, December 28, 1850 • Various



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