the\ *noun*\ fairy

the\ *noun*\ fairy
Mythical being that is responsible for the delivery of an object which is obviously too ludicrous to have been delivered by said being. In reference to the tooth fairy.

I was a good little girl and the piano fairy brought me a brand new Steinway.


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  • (the) tooth fairy — the tooth fairy UK US noun an imaginary person who takes away a tooth that a child puts under their pillow at night and leaves them some money instead Thesaurus: characters in storieshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

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