rip van winkle

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Definitions of rip van winkle words

noun rip van winkle (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed. 1
noun rip van winkle (italics) the story itself, published in The Sketch Book (1819). 1
noun rip van winkle a person who is oblivious to changes, esp in social attitudes or thought 0
noun rip van winkle a person who sleeps a lot 0
noun rip van winkle the title character of a story (1819) by Washington Irving: Rip awakens after a twenty-year sleep to find everything changed 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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