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  1. a female water-elf
  • 1922: Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a "s green. " James Joyce, Ulysses
    1. 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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