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A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.

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  1. n. A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
  2. n. The goatsucker.
  3. n. a mischievous sprite of English folklore
  4. n. a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
  5. 1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton. 2. (Zoöl.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
  6. A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" --called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak.He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.Drayton.
  7. n:100 n. a mischievous sprite of English folklore n. a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey