Pippi Longstocking
/ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/
Pippi Longstocking proper noun: a fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.
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Proper noun
Pippi Longstocking
- A fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.
Noun
Pippi Longstocking (plural Pippi Longstockings)
- A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
- Little and skinny for ten years old, cursed with waist-length hair and freckles that all the kids teased made her look just like Pippi Longstocking, she had been, that day, the butt of jokes from the entire fifth grade.2007, Karen Robards, Ghost Moon, Random House
- She has threaded rags through her hair, tying it in two Pippi Longstocking braids.2009, Rachel Shteir, Gypsy: the Art of the Tease, Yale University Press, page 140
- A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.
- Then we’re swept back to her school days, where we see her giggling like a regular Pippi Longstocking as she spies on Rivera (Alfred Molina) applying his creative juices to an artist’s model while being berated by his wife (Valeria Golino).2002 October 23, Ella Taylor with Frida (reviewer), “Sex-mad and Self-obsessed”, in LA Weekly
- You’re a regular Pippi Longstocking, you know that?2014, P. V. Lundqvist, The Counterfeit Father: A Tony Pandy Mystery, Stick Raven Press
- Synonyms:
- Pollyanna
Pippi Longstocking meaning in Arabic and Persian
Pippi Longstocking in Arabic
- fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren
- بِيبِي ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل Bībī ḏāt al-jawrab aṭ-ṭawīl, جِنَان ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل Jinān ḏāt al-jawrab aṭ-ṭawīl
Pippi Longstocking in Persian
- fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren
- پیپی جوراببلند Pipi Jurâb-e-Boland
Examples of Pippi Longstocking in a sentence
- If I turned around, you could see a bizarre array of silver clippies, and a “Pippi Longstocking” part down the middle.2010, Laura DuPriest, Natural Beauty: Pamper Yourself with Salon Secrets at Home, Random House, page 15:
- Put her in pigtails and stick her finger in a light socket, and she’d be Pippi Longstocking.2011, Julia Watts, Finding H. F., Bella Books:
- I was positively Pippi Longstocking, minus the pigtails.2012, Kate Bornstein, A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves...
- Have I discovered my inner Pippi Longstocking?2015, Patrice Vecchione, Step Into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life, Simon & Schuster, page 10:
Synonyms of Pippi Longstocking
Forms of Pippi Longstocking
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Origin of Pippi Longstocking
From long + stocking, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump. As a common noun, after the appearance and nature of the fictional character.
Words that rhyme with Pippi Longstocking
Questions about Pippi Longstocking
- What does Pippi Longstocking mean?
- Pippi Longstocking means a fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.
- What is Pippi Longstocking in Arabic?
- Pippi Longstocking in Arabic is بِيبِي ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل (Bībī ḏāt al-jawrab aṭ-ṭawīl), جِنَان ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل (Jinān ḏāt al-jawrab aṭ-ṭawīl). See Pippi Longstocking meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use Pippi Longstocking in a sentence?
- If I turned around, you could see a bizarre array of silver clippies, and a “Pippi Longstocking” part down the middle.
- What part of speech is Pippi Longstocking?
- Pippi Longstocking can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Pippi Longstocking?
- Pippi Longstocking is pronounced /ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near Pippi Longstocking in the dictionary
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