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- adjective Alternative spelling of
pixyish .
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Examples
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An all-American resident of Columbus, Ohio, she's been described as "pixieish" so often you expect her to have hummingbird wings.
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Crossing that bridge to Mercado Sonora, Quetzal walks gamely forward, a pixieish figure, with his womanly legs, bushy black locks, his delicate air.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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There was me * way* out of my comfort zone working in corporatesville when in walks this stunning woman: pixieish hair, jeans and a biker jacket.
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Garry, who can be as pixieish as Bill, serenely said, “None at all” — which left Bill turning back with puzzled looks as he moved on down the line.
Daredevil 2009
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The Blue Valentine poster shows a couple of crazy kids tangled in a loving embrace, and the trailer features a pixieish blond doing a soft shoe while serenaded by a bearded hipster playing... wait for it, wait for it... a ukulele.
John Bobey: An Open Letter to the Makers of Blue Valentine John Bobey 2011
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Crossing that bridge to Mercado Sonora, Quetzal walks gamely forward, a pixieish figure, with his womanly legs, bushy black locks, his delicate air.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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There was me * way* out of my comfort zone working in corporatesville when in walks this stunning woman: pixieish hair, jeans and a biker jacket.
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Crossing that bridge to Mercado Sonora, Quetzal walks gamely forward, a pixieish figure, with his womanly legs, bushy black locks, his delicate air.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Garry, who can be as pixieish as Bill, serenely said, “None at all” — which left Bill turning back with puzzled looks as he moved on down the line.
Daredevil 2009
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Mindy Thomas, the pixieish host of the show that airs each day after "The Animal Farm," remembers once having dinner at the Curtis house and asking what that roof-caving-in racket was coming from the second floor.
The Man Who Wouldn't Grow Up: When Sirius XM radio DJ Kenny Curtis talks, kids listen 2010
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