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clurichauns

clurichauns is the plural of clurichaun.

Meaning of clurichaun

Noun

clurichaun (plural clurichauns)

  1. (Irish) A mischievous, potentially malicious fairy, akin to the leprechaun, that greatly loves drinking and tends to haunt breweries, pubs and wine cellars.
    • The Cluricaune, called in Leinster Leprechaun, in Ulster Logheriman, seems a being peculiar to Ireland.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 179

Questions about clurichauns

What is clurichauns the plural of?
Clurichauns is the plural of clurichaun.

Words near clurichauns in the dictionary

  1. clupeoid
  2. clupeoids
  3. clupeomorph
  4. clupeomorphs
  5. clurichaun
  6. clurichauns
  7. CLUs
  8. cluse
  9. cluses
  10. clusia
  11. clusiaceous

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