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elfin

[el-fin] / ˈɛl fɪn /


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With her bleach-blond punk haircut, puckish grin and bright elfin eyes, she could have come to the company’s heavily guarded San Francisco headquarters straight from a Berlin rave, via an old forest road in Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

With her elfin features and skinhead look she was one of pop music's most recognisable figures.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2023

And in the “Five Pieces” section, Ashley Hod, eerie and elfin, and Gilbert Bolden III gave angular depth to the acrobatic partnering.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

Before their was “Glee” there was “Rudolph,” with its doe-eyed but different hero, its elfin dentist and it island of misfit toys.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2022

An elfin impulse possessed Nately and he moaned intentionally the next time there was a lull.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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