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wendy house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
wendy -house
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toy house in which children can play.

Etymology

From Wendy + house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”

Inflected Forms

Wendy houses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

doll's house

Synonyms

play house cubby house toyhouse playhouse

Questions

What does wendy house mean?
A toy house in which children can play.
Where does wendy house come from?
From Wendy + house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”

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