fairy lights

Definitions

Small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.

Australia, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“Through the trees ahead came odd strains from the dance⟳ band in the Casino, and now I could see⟳ many twinkling fairy lights and detect⟳ moving figures.”

“I managed to put⟳ quite a lot of small baubles on the top of the tree that way and helped drape the long string of fairy lights around it, […]”

“A constant, slightly defocused, dinner party with relaxed glamorous friends, carrying on just outside the kitchen door, under the fairy lights.”

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