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pwca [W, goblin]. Welsh solitary fairy, a friskier version of bwci, certainly related to, perhaps the inspiration of, the English folk figure Puck. See also POOKA [Ir. púca], the Cornish BUCCA, and the Manx BUGGANE.

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