as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
the story that if you follow a rainbow to its end, you'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold
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Featuring a hostile-looking leprechaun with both fists up, as if prepared to spar, the logo was associated with the South Bend, Indiana, school as Notre Dame claimed football national championships in 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988 and played in national title games in 2012 and again last season.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Schreiber starred on the big screen in 2018's Den of Thieves and memorably played the feisty leprechaun Mad Sweeney on Starz's American Gods.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 29 July 2025
The free event will feature crafts, a scavenger hunt around the park, and a leprechaun hunt.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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The series centers around Timmy Turner, a miserable 10-year-old whose life improves significantly after he is given two fairy godparents named Wanda and Cosmo.—
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The toy projects an AI hologram companion that resembles a dragon or fairy.—
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The reindeer team, the elf team — everyone will be there.—
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Jenkins dressed as Santa Claus at community events and the 6-feet-3-inch, 145-pound Bledsoe as an elf.—
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La Selva always had caymans, but only the less aggressive and less territorial dwarf and white species.—
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Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.—
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On set, however, managing scenes that required baby Toby to cry was a delicate process – one made possible by actress Shari Weiser, who controlled the goblin Hoggle from inside a suit.—
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
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“Leprechaun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leprechaun. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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