Nixes

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of nixe form-of, plural
  2. 2
    nothing uncountable

    "Why, blast it, I have done nothing else but answer questions for a month. I didn’t pay Mr Carlyle to ask me questions; I can get enough of that for nixes."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of nix form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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nothingmermaidmermannadanadanaught

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"On that very night when the fern blooms — I’m just retelling what has been compiled in fairy tales by local people — the mermaids, wood and house goblins, werewolves, nixes, and different kinds of ghosts and sorcerers gathered together."

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