leprechaun
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There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.
From Slate • May 30, 2024
The colorful cast of characters includes Shadow’s walking dead ex-wife, whom he accidentally reanimates after tossing a gold coin from a rowdy leprechaun into the open grave at her funeral.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
The ends of the rainbows touched down in the rolling fields below me, no place green enough to hide a leprechaun but a fair swap for living with rattlers.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022
In drawings and paintings, Low imagines her mother as a gangster from a Jackie Chan film, or a leprechaun running around and hoarding a pile of toilet paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 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
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