If you think the public is willing to cut back to that level, you probably believe in elves, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Persistence of Carbon Tax Advocates] Reference

Wait until the real dirt about Obama and his little elves is uncovered and then watch the Obama snow-job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama beats back criticism over head of VP search] Reference

"It has been many years since the elves were our enemies.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Winter Night]

The elves are the most flexible of all in the Annalee line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

I don't recall elves being in the Hobbit, how would that help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - MovieWeb.com] Reference

The elves were the ones who gave the orders; the humans only obeyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elvenbane]

"Oh woe is me, '' the farmer cried," The elves will be my guests. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Hundred Elves] Reference

The elves are the little white creatures that live between heaven and earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks] Reference

The volunteers are classified as elves (the packers) and Santas (the deliverers).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shad Plank] Reference

The elves were the best beloved of the gods, and he was, among the best beloved, a fortunate man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dalamar the Dark]

And the humans were here before we were; it's their world, and we and the elves are the interlopers here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elvenbane]

Granted, legend maintained that the elves were a shifty folk, and their powers among men weak and evanescent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unicorn Trade]

Alfheim is the home universe of the elves, which is protected jealously by the elves, remaining mysterious to humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

Could "fairies" and "elves" -- and all their mythical successors -- be distorted representations of an actual species?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

In their brief history, the Dark Knights of whatever allegiance have held that the elves are their sworn and bitter enemies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of A Lost Star]

I notice though that her elf drawings would seem to indicate that the elves are the same height as the human female partners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Elfy-Welfy With It] Reference

The place to learn about them is in Hafnarfjordur, a town just outside of Reykjavik and known as the elves most popular areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stefanie Michaels: 12 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT ICELAND] Reference

It is dominated by rainforest and the elves are a complex lot, riven along lines of longevity that are linked to the gods they worship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels through Balaia: An Interview with James Barclay] Reference

Update: Boing Boing defuses "elves" speculation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

If you like elves, what kind of elves do you like best?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Janssen] Reference

The Danes have a kind of elves which they call the "Moon Folk.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Moon Lore] Reference

No joke: we saw several "elves" standing on boxes and just ... standing there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meredith Lopez: Happy Macysmas!] Reference

My "elves" are not Saami any more than my humans are Dutch; it's an alternate world.    From Wordnik.com.  [I have a plot!] Reference

For instance, "elves" are areas about 250 miles 402 kilomters wide that glow a dim red.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mysterious ”Sprites” Light Shows Captured on Film | Impact Lab] Reference

By the time the party started, myself and my three "elves" have had about five minutes of practice time.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

You may remember Mr. Acampora as one of the "elves" on Louis Rukeyser's PBS television show "Wall Street Week.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Reasons to Screw Wall Street Now] Reference

As the trial ground on, he was told how this place the "elves" called Elfhame Outremer had come to be destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omnibus]

We've already got Blood elves and Night elves, so apparently the trick is to pick some spooky goth word and put "elves" after it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warcraft Wonders of Tomorrow] Reference

There are nonhuman races such as elves, but aside from having better eyesight there is nothing to distinguish them from the humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

I call the elves to our tryst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Colonel's Hero] Reference

I call the elves to our tryst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rescue of the Princess Winsome A Fairy Play for Old and Young] Reference

Danes there is another kind of elves -- the Moon Folk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland] Reference

The website says that its "elves" are working to get the site back online.    From Wordnik.com.  [ShoppingBlog.com] Reference

The site recommended people return later as "elves" were working on the problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [battlecreekenquirer.com -] Reference

After that, Eddy's "elves" and Bartak's "balloons" went with their respective teachers for lunch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grand Island Independent Home RSS] Reference

During the holidays, Reyes fronts a swing band and keeps an entourage of "elves" and lowrider cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference