Etymology
Origin of fairyhood
Example Sentences
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Your fairyhood doesn't seem to have done you much good.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
She had bravely striven to keep her fairyhood, and in the battle of wits, had lost.
From Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Meantime she writes to a friend that “the ‘elf’ is flourishing in all good fairyhood, with a scarlet rose leaf on each cheek.”
From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting
I could see that the two of them were losing faith in my godmaternal fairyhood.
From The Animated Pinup by Lewis Parker
The 'elf' is flourishing in all good fairyhood, with a scarlet rose leaf on each cheek.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
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