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Pippi Longstocking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From long + stocking, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump. As a common noun, after the appearance and nature of the fictional character.

Meanings

1. A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
   • She has threaded rags through her hair, tying it in two Pippi Longstocking braids. 2009, Rachel Shteir, Gypsy: the Art of the Tease, Yale University Press, page 140:
   • If I turned around, you could see a bizarre array of silver clippies, and a “Pippi Longstocking” part down the middle. 2010, Laura DuPriest, Natural Beauty: Pamper Yourself with Salon Secrets at Home, Random House, page 15:
   • Put her in pigtails and stick her finger in a light socket, and she’d be Pippi Longstocking. 2011, Julia Watts, Finding H. F., Bella Books:
   • I was positively Pippi Longstocking, minus the pigtails. 2012, Kate Bornstein, A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today, Beacon Press:
   • Little and skinny for ten years old, cursed with waist-length hair and freckles that all the kids teased made her look just like Pippi Longstocking, she had been, that day, the butt of jokes from the entire fifth grade. 2007, Karen Robards, Ghost Moon, Random House:
2. A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.
   • You’re a regular Pippi Longstocking, you know that? 2014, P. V. Lundqvist, The Counterfeit Father: A Tony Pandy Mystery, Stick Raven Press:
   • Then we’re swept back to her school days, where we see her giggling like a regular Pippi Longstocking as she spies on Rivera (Alfred Molina) applying his creative juices to an artist’s model while being berated by his wife (Valeria Golino). 2002 October 23, Ella Taylor with Frida (reviewer), “Sex-mad and Self-obsessed”, in LA Weekly:
   • Have I discovered my inner Pippi Longstocking? 2015, Patrice Vecchione, Step Into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life, Simon & Schuster, page 10:

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Synonyms

Pollyanna

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Pippi Longstocking en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From long + stocking, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump. As a common noun, after the appearance and nature of the fictional character.

Meanings

1. A fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.

Translations (45)

uk Пе́ппі Довгапанчо́ха (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · gl Pippi Mediaslongas (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · eu Pippi Galtzaluze (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · da Pippi Langstrømpe (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ar بِيبِي ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · fi Peppi Pitkätossu (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · he בִּילְבִּי גֶּרֶב־בֶּרֶךְ (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · pt Píppi Meialonga (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · es Pippa Mediaslargas (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · el Πίπη η Φακιδομύτη (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ko 말괄량이 삐삐 (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · fr Fifi Brindacier (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · fa پیپی جوراببلند (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · cmn 長襪子皮皮 /长袜子皮皮 (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · no Pippi Langstrømpe (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · es Pippi Calzaslargas (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · sh Пипи Ду́га Ча̀рапа (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ka პეპი გრძელიწინდა (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · he בִּילְבִּי בַּת־גֶּרֶב (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · pt Pipi das Meias Altas (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · sh Pipi Dúga Čàrapa (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · sv Pippi Långstrump (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ca Pippi Calcesllargues (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · is Lína Langsokkur (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · hy Երկարագուլպա Պիպին (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · et Pipi Pikksukk (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · hu Harisnyás Pippi (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · sq Pipi Çorapegjata (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · it Pippi Calzelunghe (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · lt Pepė Ilgakojinė (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ar جِنَان ذَات الجَوْرَب الطَوِيل (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · de Pippi Langstrumpf (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ja 長くつ下のピッピ (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · he גִּילְגִּי (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · he בִּילְבִּי (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · tr Pippi Uzunçorap (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · pl Pippi Pończoszanka (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · eo Pipi Ŝtrumpolonga (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · ru Пе́ппи Длинныйчуло́к (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · eu Pippi Kaltzaluze (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · pl Fizia Pończoszanka (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · nl Pippi Langkous (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · lv Pepija Garzeķe (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · mk Пипи Долгиот Чорап (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren) · sl Pȋka Nogavíčka (fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren)

wikipedia: Pippi Longstocking · wikipedia: Inger Nilsson