Meaning of fairyling | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Alexandroff softened his heart a little to the pretty fairies and fairylings whom he had once despised.”

“When the Spirit of Christmas determined to call⟳ / Lovely legions of playmates to join⟳ in the ball, / Then the hollybush fairylings pricked at the legs / Of the Rogers and Lucys and Normans and Megs; / And the mistletoe fairylings fluttered about / On the chance of defeating some little girl’s pout / And persuading her apple-cheeked partner to dare / What the season allowed him to snatch from the fair!”

“When the fairies leaped into the air to cheer⟳, Ralph leaped convincingly along with them. Then Cecil and his crew bid their farewells, with Fuchsia leaving to tend⟳ to the fairylings.”

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