FAIRY-MONEY
\fˈe͡əɹimˈʌnɪ], \fˈeəɹimˈʌnɪ], \f_ˈeə_ɹ_i_m_ˈʌ_n_ɪ]\
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Money given by fairies, which, according to the popular belief, was said to turn into withered leaves or rubbish after some time; "In one day Scott's high-heaped money-wages became fairy-money and nonentity."-Carlyle; also, a term sometimes applied to found money, from the notion that it was dropped by a good fairy where the favored mortal would find it.
By Daniel Lyons
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