elvetn.
/ˈɛlvɪt/ A tiny elf.
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1885 T. P. Battersby Elf Island 73 ‘He is an elf’, Psyche answered, ‘but he is one of those we call elvets’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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