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pixie

[pik-see] / ˈpɪk si /


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Cardi B sported a range of different hairstyles for her court appearances this week, including a black pixie cut one day and long blonde locks the next.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

For Knox, freedom has meant accepting a mantle that her young, manic pixie self could never have envisioned.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2025

Despite all the worrying, there was an idea that things would work out in the end, no pixie dust needed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

Musk’s association with his companies is like market pixie dust, which is why Tesla’s board of directors has bent over backwards to give him money he doesn’t need in an effort to keep him happy.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2025

This pixie had blue hair and large, glassy wings.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Dominic: It’s a little like when Professor Lockhart released that swarm of Cornish pixies in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”: They’re everywhere and constantly in your face.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2023

Many of his clients have come seeking dramatically short cuts — shags, pixies and razored bobs.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2022

The Moors are a wondrous, lush world bursting with glowing flowers, fairies, ogres, pixies and talking tree giants.

From Washington Times Jan. 14, 2020

"It's scarcely worth having a name for. I don't have a name for not believing in pixies."

From BBC Nov. 27, 2019

A few pixies came out from the cracks and danced upon it, chirping in their tiny voices.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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