English Explanatory Dictionary

Pippi Longstocking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
  2. A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.

Word forms

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstockings

Etymology

Named after the character created by Astrid Lindgren, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump.

Synonyms

Pollyanna
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