noun
[ pl. ] innocent people who are easily tricked or harmed
ORIGIN: From a children's story about a boy and a girl who are left alone in a wood where they die and a bird covers them with leaves.
noun
[ pl. ] innocent people who are easily tricked or harmed
ORIGIN: From a children's story about a boy and a girl who are left alone in a wood where they die and a bird covers them with leaves.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005