Meaning of Winnie-the-Poohish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or characteristic of the children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by English author A. A. Milne.
2. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh from the aforementioned book.

Examples

“But during the Christmas holidays will be revived, for matinees, the children’s play, “Toad of Toad Hall,” which A. A. Milne based on Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows.” It is very whimsical and Winnie-the-Poohish and altogether Milnesome.”

“These included Masefield, St. John Ervine (a second play by him helped them recover the losses of three flops in a row), Shaw, and A. A. Milne, whose Mr. Pim Passes By, a mild, domestic, Winnie-the-Poohish comedy done early in 1921, set them solidly in their bank’s good books.”

“Trod and trodden sound vaguely Winnie-the-Poohish to American ears, because Americans seldom use the verb to tread: […]”

“We were feeling awfully foolish and Winnie-the-Poohish and in a moment of carefree abandon we fell upon some fan magazines on the boat and started hunting for pictures of ourselves.”

“My life is very simple, sort of Winnie-the-Poohish.”

“In a distinctly Winnie-the-Poohish way, I began to wonder if striding over Ashdown Forest on a blustery October day was really such a good idea.”

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