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leprechaun

[lep-ruh-kawn, -kon] / ˈlɛp rəˌkɔn, -ˌkɒn /


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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

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

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

Artemis’s main problem was one of location—how to locate a leprechaun.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Speaking of trillion-dollar leprechauns, you will hunt through all 545 pages in vain for those big “DOGE” savings you were promised.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

Three years later came Crock of Gold, with its album cover featuring a painting by Shane MacGowan of leprechauns that resembled the demons that seemed to haunt him throughout his life.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023

“They were just the little beings out in the outskirts of town that would make your life difficult,” Professor Stuart said, comparing them to leprechauns or elves in other traditions.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Raucous singing was borne toward them on the night air as they retraced their steps along the lantern-lit path, and leprechauns kept shooting over their heads, cackling and waving their lanterns.

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




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