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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