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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mythical creature, like a brownie or leprechaun, believed to live in underground tunnels; later associated with dead miners.

   "Then he's down one of these adits, talking to the tommyknockers, more'n likely."

Example

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"Then he's down one of these adits, talking to the tommyknockers, more'n likely."

Etymology

From Cornwall.

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