/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Nix (mas.), Nixie (fem.)
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Kind busy-body. Little creatures not unlike the Scotch brownie and German kobold. They wear a red cap, and are ever ready to lend a helping hand to the industrious and thrifty. (See Nick.)
“Another tribe of water-fairies are the Nixes, who frequently assume the appearance of beautiful maidens.”—T. F. T. Dyer: Folk-lore of Plants, chap. vii. p. 90.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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