kallikantzaroi
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[edit]Noun
[edit]kallikantzaroi
- plural of kallikantzaros
- 2012, K. Bennett, The Year of Eating Dangerously:
- "Nick is Nick Papdoukis and he's a Kallikantzaros. In Greek lore, Kallikantzaroi are goblins who snatch children.
- 2008 December 19, Danylo Hawaleshka, “Beware the Kallikantzaroi: Greek Goblins Run Riot Over Christmas”, in Spiegel Online International:
- As the Greeks tell it, it wouldn't be hard to confuse the Twelve Days of Christmas with the Twelve Days of Hell. That is if you believe in the Kallikantzaroi.