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

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

Ed looked spritelike in his leprechaun costume. straitjacket/straitlaced.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner