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pukwudgies

pukwudgies is the plural of pukwudgie.

Meaning of pukwudgie

Noun

pukwudgie (plural pukwudgies)

  1. A creature in Algonquian (Lenape and Wampanoag) folklore, typically said to be a short humanoid with magical abilities; the creatures were once friendly to humans but have become malicious tricksters.
    • […] cliff-dwellers, the many-footed rock lovers finding foothold where you would hardly think the lichens even would survive. I never tramp these roads, which it sometimes seems as if the pukwudgies moved about in the night […]1910, Winthrop Packard, Woodland Paths, page 84

Questions about pukwudgies

What is pukwudgies the plural of?
Pukwudgies is the plural of pukwudgie.

Words near pukwudgies in the dictionary

  1. PUKs
  2. puku
  3. pukus
  4. Pukwei
  5. pukwudgie
  6. pukwudgies
  7. puky
  8. pul
  9. pul qua
  10. pula
  11. Pulaha

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