Meanings
proper noun
- Britishhuman sciencesPuck (the mischievous sprite).
They were, like their northern kindred, divided into two classes: the rural Elves, inhabiting the woods, fields, mountains, and caverns; and the domestic or house-spirits, called Hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellows.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 104
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