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noun
- a female water-elf
- 1922: Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a "s green. " James Joyce, Ulysses
- a piece of mail returned as undeliverable
- mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e., notifications) " United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressservices/moveupdate/acs.htm Address Change Service description
Etymology: From German Nixe feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus "water-elf, crocodile", cognate with Old English nicor "water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus" (English nicker).
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