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pixies

prank-playing fairies; mislead travelers. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 328–330]
See: Mischievousness
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com)-- Thee Olde Peddler Book Sellers and Kenneth Leon Roberts released its new fiction book The Pixie Tales - The Gift on createspace.
Book Release of The Pixie Tales - The Gift by Kenneth Leon Roberts
I never heard a Pixies album till much later, sometime, I think, in the late 1990s.
An Old Improvised Explosive Device
We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies," read the post on the iconic Boston alt.
Kim Deal leaves The Pixies
Today, a few dozen mom-and-pop farms grow 2 million pounds of Ojai Pixies a year.
How sweet it is: spring in Ojai is all about the pixie. How the runts of the tangerine litter became a citrus sensation
Carrie Jones interweaves the two plot lines skilfully; of the Pixie King's search for a mate and new blood and Zara's loss, into an entertaining compelling thriller--I read it in a couple of sittings.
Jones, Carrie: Need
She will be attending her second Pixies concert Saturday at the Hult Center, where the group brings its tour marking the 20th anniversary of "Doolittle.
Pixie dusted
Thom Yorke ('The Pixies changed my life'), Damon Albarn ('When we started we wanted to sound like The Pixies'), Kurt Cobain ('I was basically trying to rip off The Pixies'), David Bowie, U2, Weezer, Bob Mould and countless others.
PIXIES ARE THE REAL DEAL; Kim and the guys have stood the test of time and we salute them.
Hailing from NYC's Lower East Side (where its first boutique still lives), Pixie Market carries a small selection of dresses, shirts, shoes and accessories that, like real-life pixies, are cute, with a swirl of quirk and sophistication.
AN L.A. BOUTIQUE FOR FAIRY SOPHISTICATED TASTES
The Stooges, Nirvana, Sublime, The Specials, The Pixies, Wolfmother and more redefine the sound of the sport for today's gamers
2K Sports Rocks the Mound with Full Spectrum Soundtrack for Major League Baseball(R)2K7
The Pixies help fulfill AIM mission objectives by providing detailed information from across the Didymoon surface before, during and after the DART impact that would be simply impossible to obtain by a few spot visits by larger spacecraft," said Asteroid Initiatives CEO and founder Marshall Eubanks.
Asteroid Initiatives LLC "Pixie" Spacecraft Swarm Probes Selected for Study Phase in Asteroid Defense Test
The city of Skene Falls is in danger of losing its Ten Acre Wood, an enchanted section of the county inhabited by a tribe of Pixies.
Radford, Irene. Thistle Down
The Pixies are back, and tickets are going for $250 a pair on E-Bay.
Fans still line up for the Pixies

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