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elf-children

elf-children is the plural of elf-child.

Meaning of elf-child

Noun

elf-child (plural elf-children)

  1. A child of an elf; a young or infant elf, especially one that has been left as a changeling.
    • “Good-wife,” said the miller, “as sure as mill stones run round, that's an elfwoman and that's an elfchild, — or they are the fair resemblances, made by the foul spirit of a mother and bairn, for deceiving thee and me, and bringing us to shame.”1823 September 1, The Atheneum, or, Spirit of the English Magazines, Boston, page 424, column 1

Questions about elf-children

What is elf-children the plural of?
Elf-children is the plural of elf-child.

Words near elf-children in the dictionary

  1. elf queens
  2. elf-bolt
  3. elf-bolts
  4. elf-cap moss
  5. elf-child
  6. elf-children
  7. elf-craft
  8. elf-cup
  9. elf-cups
  10. elf-damsel
  11. elf-damsels

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