leprechaun

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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

Think of the leprechaun of Ireland, the puckish forest-dwelling aluxe of Mexico, or the grisly krasue of Southeast Asia, a woman whose internal organs hang exposed from her neck down.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2023

I asked if he were a leprechaun, and if so, where was his pot of gold?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

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

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