nixie
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3ADJ.
beautiful, electronic, green
VERB + NIXIE
address, called
NIXIE + NOUN
allures, notifications, s
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noun
A female nix, a water-spirit.
The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]
The place seems to have been fashioned as a dwelling for dryads and hamadryads, for nixies and pixies, and all the fabled spirits of forest and stream.
noun
A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
Mailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…].
If you get a response of less than one percent or excessive “nixies” (wrong addresses), rework your copy or get a new list.
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6The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the
WiktionaryThe place seems to have been fashioned as a dwelling for dryads and hamadryads, for nixies and pixies, and all the fabled spirits of forest and stream.
WiktionaryBare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie’s green.
WiktionaryMailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…].
WiktionaryIf you get a response of less than one percent or excessive “nixies” (wrong addresses), rework your copy or get a new list.
WiktionaryAnother good reason to use first-class mail is the fact that it will often be forwarded or, if need be, returned to the sender if the address is bad. (In the industry, this is called a “nixie.”) It is
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