elfling
nounEtymology From elf + -ling.
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A small or tiny elf; an elf of a diminutive type.
- The boy was a big man now and the child had grown into a young woman; quite different from the pretty little elfling who had sat upon his knee.1877 August 4, The Ipswich Observer and West Moreton Advocate, Qld, page S1, column 2:
- Dear soul, dear changeling, elfling dear, My body's guest and mate, Now whither wilt thou go?1922 October 27, The Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record, Renmark, SA, page 22, column 3:
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- At dawn beneath an apple tree, The morn her dancing elflings told To clothe the world in dewdrops free.1937 January 26, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 23, column 4: