RIP VAN WINKLE


Meaning of RIP VAN WINKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrip-(ˌ)van-ˈwiŋ-kəl, -vən- ]

noun

Date: circa 1820

: a ne'er-do-well in a story in Washington Irving's Sketch Book who sleeps for 20 years

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