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What is the noun for imps?

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imp
  1. (obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc. [9th–17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child. [15th–19th c.]
  3. A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful. [from 16th c.]
  4. A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]
  5. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
  6. A baby Tasmanian devil.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “This girl is something of a mischievous imp who flat-out refuses to toe the line!”
      “You're a demon half-blood, born hybrid to an angelic fairy mother and a demonic imp of a father.”
impishness
  1. The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Samantha's impishness became evident when she snuck up behind her friend and startled her.”
      “He had a delightful impishness which was to be a hallmark of his character throughout his life.”
      “Lisa has a certain impishness to her character that explains the smirks quite sufficiently on its own.”
imping
  1. The act or process of grafting or mending.
imped
  1. a creature without feet
impship
  1. The state of being an imp.
impishnesses
impships
  1. plural of impship
impings
  1. plural of imping
impeds
  1. plural of imped
imps
  1. plural of imp
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I looked at the tracks and saw that little goblins, imps, fairies, and sprites had been in my house.”
      “Suddenly gamers were no longer defined as basement-dwelling, anti-social imps.”
      “In the largest of the ancient cells, the imps waited for him, still in their demon forms, held there where he had bound them.”
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