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little folk

little folk noun: small magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.

Noun

little folk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.
    • Pure native gold,
      And the rock-crystals shaped like towers, clear,
      Transparent, gleam with colours thousandfold
      Through the fair palace, and the Little-folk,
      So happy and so gay, amuse themselves[.]1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 84
    Synonyms:
    little people

Synonyms of little folk

Questions about little folk

What does little folk mean?
Little folk means small magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.
What part of speech is little folk?
Little folk is a noun.

Words near little folk in the dictionary

  1. little finger-nail
  2. little finger-nails
  3. little fingernail
  4. little fingernails
  5. little fingers
  6. little folk
  7. Little France
  8. little friarbird
  9. little friarbirds
  10. little friend
  11. little friends

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