Wendy house

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Wendy house

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From Wendy + house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”

noun Wendy houses

  1. A toy house in which children can play.

    Similar: play house, cubby house, toyhouse

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noun toy house for children to play in

Françaiscabane de jeu
DeutschSpielhaus, Spielhäuschen
Italianocasetta giocattolo

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@misc{wendy_house_2026,
  title = {Wendy house},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wendy%20house},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}