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noun British.
a child's playhouse.
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Origin of Wendy house
First recorded in 1945–50; after the house that Peter Pan builds around Wendy in J. Barrie's Peter Pan
Words nearby Wendy house
Wendell, wendigo, Wendish, wend one's way, Wendy, Wendy house, wenge, wenny, Wenonah, Wensleydale, went
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British Dictionary definitions for Wendy house
Wendy house
/ (ˈwɛndɪ) /
noun
a small model house that children can enter and play in
Word Origin for Wendy house
C20: named after the house built for Wendy, the girl in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904)
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