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

A clock still hung on the wall, but most everything else lay in tatters on the sodden grass: a flower pot, socks, a festive tinsel leprechaun.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

“The leprechaun gold I gave you for my Omnioculars. In the Top Box. Why didn’t you tell me it disappeared?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling