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A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

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Brat 76% connected

A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

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Sandman 76% connected

A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.

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Terror 76% connected

Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

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Child 76% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Faery 76% connected

Fairy.

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Fairy 76% connected

Enchantment; illusion.

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Fay 76% connected

A fairy; an elf.

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Fry 76% connected

To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry…

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Minor 76% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Nestling 76% connected

of Nestle

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Nipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, nips.

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Shaver 76% connected

One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

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Sprite 76% connected

A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.

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Tike 76% connected

A tick. See 2d Tick.

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Tyke 76% connected

See 2d Tike.

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Youngster 76% connected

A young person; a youngling; a lad.

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Brownie 92% connected

An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweepi…

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Elf 92% connected

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild plac…

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Hob 92% connected

The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

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Monkey 92% connected

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

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Pixie 92% connected

An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

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Pixy 92% connected

Alt. of Pixie

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Rapscallion 92% connected

A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.

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Rascal 92% connected

One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a d…

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Scalawag 92% connected

A scamp; a scapegrace.

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Scamp 92% connected

A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

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