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Definition of Elfins
1. elfin [n] - See also: elfin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elfins
Literary usage of Elfins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prairie Farms and Prairie Folk by Parker Gillmore (1872)
"CHAPTER V. Mount Carmel—A Long Delayed Trip—On the Bosom of the Wabash—Timber on
the Banks of the River—Haunts for elfins—Wary Turtle—The ..."
2. The Rhetorical Manual, Or, Southern Fifth Reader: Embracing Copious and by D. Barton Ross (1854)
"Come, dance, elfins, dance ! for my harp is in tune ; The wave rocking gales are
all lulled to repose; And the breath of this exquisite evening of June Is ..."
3. Russell's Magazine by Paul Hamilton Payne (1858)
"Mrs. elfins, followed by Samuel Burns and her husband, ... Well," cried Mrs.
elfins, " it's a awful circumstance, and we aught to take it to heart more than ..."
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