nixie

Example Sentences

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I think of the river and how, when one nixie detached from the others, Cardan waited until it paused and then left so we could get out of the water.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

And all for a pair of white arms and two nixie eyes?

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

The male is called nix, the female nixie, the generic term for both being nicker, from a root which perhaps means ‘to wash.’

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

He's pretty well set up now, and he evidently has his eye upon this brown-eyed nixie.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

"Here I am, papa!" cried a clear girlish voice, "wet as a nixie; we were up on the Wolkenstein all through the storm; just see how we look, Griff and I!"

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)