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fairishes

fairishes is the plural of fairish.

Meaning of fairish

Noun

fairish (plural fairishes or fairish)

  1. (dialectal) A fairy.
    • Next day, Kathy took the potato her mother gave her, and gnawing it all to the heart, she set out upon her search for the fairish, munching at the half-raw core as she went her way. She found the fairish waiting by the bog, with her lap full of berries, and some mealy roots, like sweet, boiled...1855, Harriet Farley, Happy Hours at Hazel Nook, Or, Cottage Stories, page 220

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Questions about fairishes

What is fairishes the plural of?
Fairishes is the plural of fairish.

Words near fairishes in the dictionary

  1. fairing
  2. fairing off
  3. fairing up
  4. fairings
  5. fairish
  6. fairishes
  7. fairishly
  8. Fairisle
  9. fairlead
  10. fairleader
  11. fairleaders

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