Wendy house

noun

, British.

1. a child's playhouse.

Wendy house

/ ˈwɛndɪ /

noun

1. a small model house that children can enter and play in

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendy house¹

First recorded in 1945–50; after the house that Peter Pan builds around Wendy in J. Barrie's Peter Pan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendy house¹

C20: named after the house built for Wendy, the girl in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904)