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nounlittle folk pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyartsSmall magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.
Pure native gold, And the rock-crystals shaped like towers, clear, Transparent, gleam with colours thousandfold Through the fair palace, and the Little-folk, So happy and so gay, amuse themselves[.]
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 84Synonyms: little people
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nounSmall magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.
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