Lexic.us

Definition of Nixie

1. n. See Nix.

Definition of Nixie

1. a female water sprite [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nixie

nittings nitty nitty-gritty nitweed nitwit nitwits nitwitted nival niveous Nivose

nix nix nixe nixed nixes nixie (current term) nixies nixing Nixon nixy

nizam nizamate nizamates nizams nizatidine Nizhni Novgorod Nizhnyi Novgorod NJ Njord Njorth

Literary usage of Nixie

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1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"If ever you think there is a burglar in the house, nixie, whatever you do, ... nixie is interested in burglars." •' I am sure nixie could do more than the ..."

2. The Art of the Story-teller by Marie L. Shedlock (1915)
"THE WATER nixie The river was so clear because it was the home of a very beautiful Water nixie who lived in it, and who sometimes could emerge from her home ..."

3. The Rhine, Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz by Joseph Snowe (1839)
"It is a place of little consideration, and would be of still less, but for the legends of the nixie, which still linger there, and connect themselves ..."

4. The Speaker Re (1913)
""It do beat all the way nixie and Mis' Mooney's niece has took to each other," remarked ... I'd as soon think of teachin" a buttin' lamb as nixie Dixon. ..."

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