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noun, plural pix·ies. a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
a small, pert, or mischievous person.
adjective Also pix·ie·ish, pix·y·ish. playfully impish or mischievous; prankish: pixie mood; a pixie sense of humor.
Origin of pixie First recorded in 1620–30; originally dialect (southwestern England) pixy, pigsy, pisky; origin uncertain
Words nearby pixie pivot tooth, piwakawaka, pix, pixel, pixelate, pixie , pixilated, pixilation, pixy, Piyyut, pizaine
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Example sentences from the Web for pixie But the pixie cut is heading out the door and it's cousin, the low bob, is the new "it" 'do.
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Also at the shindig were Jemma and Jodie Kidd, Pixie Lott, Anna, Hamish and the rest.
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Just a week after her pixie cut took the world by storm, the singer has debuted a new blonde bob.
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The three-page feature, titled “Titler,” includes well-known names like Helen Mirren, Pixie Geldof, and even Princess Eugenie.
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Plus steroids are not some magic form of pixie dust for pitchers.
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Pixie shall do that if she will, I must keep them to myself.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A Pixie uses his fangs, when fighting at close quarters, with terrible effect.
Old Farm Fairies: | Henry Christopher McCook
Yet, as Pixie says, you have a pathetic look which shows that you have not really forgotten.
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I tell you, my friend, it is much more than that I intend to do for your Pixie .
Pixie O'Shaughnessy | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
As for Pixie taking one of the girls home with her, that is out of the question at this hour of the day.
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British Dictionary definitions for pixie noun plural pixies (in folklore) a fairy or elf
Word Origin for pixie C17: of obscure origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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