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Pip en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• pĭp
• /pɪp/

Meanings

1. A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, Pippi and Philippa.
   • My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 1:

Forms

Deriveds

Guy and Pip

Pip en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• pĭp
• /pɪp/

Etymology

An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

Meanings

1. (UK, World-War-I, slang) The 1914 Star or 1914–15 Star medal.

Coordinates

Wilfred · Squeak

wikipedia: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred