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nixie
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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