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- noun Plural form of
fairytale .
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Examples
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We were no longer so young as to believe in fairytales like “foolproof,” but I felt proud of what we had so painstakingly crafted over months of scouting, trials, and reviews.
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I wish I could suggest more interesting books, but alas my collection of folk and fairytales is mostly in Dutch.
...With Fairy Tales For All Heather McDougal 2008
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All you people that are upset because it is being termed a small lead, get real and stop beleiving in fairytales will you.
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There are small details and trinkets we usually don't find in fairytales - e.g. when a girl dances with a Firebird, she inevitably gets severe burns.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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There are small details and trinkets we usually don't find in fairytales - e.g. when a girl dances with a Firebird, she inevitably gets severe burns.
Catherynne M. Valente - The Orphan's Tales Duology (Book Review) 2008
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You are prone to believing in fairytales besides the Bible …
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Iraggi searched and found a huge home that was hand-painted like the homes seen in German fairytales like Hansel and Gretel on Terhune Drive in Wayne.
Latest News www.northjersey.com 2010
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The leprechaun, a solitary elf in Irish fairytales, figures in celebrations to mark St Patrick's Day, Ireland's national holiday.
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Iraggi searched and found a huge home that was hand-painted like the homes seen in German fairytales like Hansel and Gretel on Terhune Drive in Wayne.
Latest News www.northjersey.com 2010
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Characters as archetypes, as in fairytales or folk tales (e.g.,
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A story by Madame d’Aulnoy, the 17th-century French writer who coined the term “fairytales”, is to be published in English for the first time in more than 300 years, telling of a woman whose beauty is so great it slays her lovers by the hundreds.
Pioneering fairytale author Madame d'Aulnoy back in print after centuries Alison Flood 2021
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