fairy lights

English

Noun

fairy lights (normally plural, singular fairy light)

1. (UK) Small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.
   • 2010, Trisha Ashley, Twelve Days of Christmas, HarperCollins, ISBN 9781847561152, unnumbered page:

     I managed to put quite a lot of small baubles on the top of the tree that way and helped drape the long string of fairy lights around it, […]

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Translations

• Kyrgyz: кытай панары (ky) (kıtay panarı)

Synonyms

• Christmas lights