ˌOliver ˈTwist BrE AmE
(1837–38) a novel by Charles ↑ dickens about a poor boy called Oliver Twist. The most famous scene in the book takes place in the ↑ workhouse when he holds out his bowl and asks for more food, but is punished instead. He runs away to London and then lives with ↑ Fagin , the leader of a group of young thieves who include the ↑ Artful Dodger . The popular ↑ musical (=a play or film that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) Oliver is based on this story.