RIP VAN WINKLE


Meaning of RIP VAN WINKLE in English

/rip' van wing"keuhl/

1. (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.

2. ( italics ) the story itself, published in The Sketch Book (1819).

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .