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elves

noun as in little people

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So the elves in the Woodland Realm were an obvious [choice].

The elves send Buddy off on an adventure to big, bad New York City to meet his family and start a new life.

One episode, for example, centered on a Christmas-themed “celebration,” complete with elves and reindeer.

Beauty The constant attention of the world requires the ministrations of her beauty elves:  Deborah Mitchell Bee Venom facials.

That Santa told tellers he needed the money to “pay his elves.”

The Elves Chorus is intended for boys voices in unison, with accompaniment for mixed chorus and orchestra.

All around him, wherever the moon shone through the trees, he saw numbers of elegant little elves at play.

The thorn bush was sacred to the Elves for reasons which will be discussed in a subsequent chapter.

Shakespeare refers to elves as ouphes, which is the same word as oaf and was formerly spelt aulf.

In the North of England the elves seem to have been known as hags, for fairy rings are there known as hag tracks.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to elves, such as: dwarfs, elfenfolk, fairies, fairyfolk, and leprechauns.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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