leprechauns

Cultural  

1. In the folklore of Ireland, little men who resemble elves. Supposedly, leprechauns can reveal — but only to someone clever enough to catch them — the location of buried treasure, typically a crock of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow.

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Example Sentences

It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

Three years later came Crock of Gold, with its album cover featuring a painting by Shane MacGowan of leprechauns that resembled the demons that seemed to haunt him throughout his life.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

Gnomes and shrooms go together like leprechauns and pots of gold, so pair this funky fungus with your chillest gnomie.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Here, good luck is manufactured and carefully distributed into the human world by teams of leprechauns, unicorns and dragons.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Raucous singing was borne toward them on the night air as they retraced their steps along the lantern-lit path, and leprechauns kept shooting over their heads, cackling and waving their lanterns.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling