Rip Van Winkle

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Rip Van Winkle [ˈrɪp væn ˈwɪŋk^əl]

n Informal

1. a person who is oblivious to changes, esp in social attitudes or thought

2. a person who sleeps a lot

[from a character who slept for 20 years, in a story (1819) by Washington Irving]

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Noun	1.	Rip van Winkle - a person oblivious to social changes diehard, traditionalist - one who adheres to traditional views
	2.	Rip van Winkle - a person who sleeps a lot sleeper, slumberer - a rester who is sleeping
	3.	Rip van Winkle - the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens

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diehard hospitality Irving sleeper Slumberer traditionalist	Better than all, except the 'Conquest of Granada', I liked the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the story of Rip Van Winkle, with their humorous and affectionate caricatures of life that was once of our own soil and air; and the 'Tales of the Alhambra', which transported me again, to the scenes of my youth beside the Xenil. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context The country through which the road meandered, was rich and beautiful; the weather very fine; and for many miles the Kaatskill mountains, where Rip Van Winkle and the ghostly Dutchmen played at ninepins one memorable gusty afternoon, towered in the blue distance, like stately clouds. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context Both the world of fashion and the Court of Chancery are things of precedent and usage: oversleeping Rip Van Winkles who have played at strange games through a deal of thundery weather; sleeping beauties whom the knight will wake one day, when all the stopped spits in the kitchen shall begin to turn prodigiously! Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context	riot control operation riot control operations riot gear riot gun riot police riot shield rioter rioting Riotise Riotour riotous riotously Riotry RIP Rip cord rip current rip down rip entry rip into rip off rip on rip out rip through rip tide rip up Rip Van Winkle rip-off rip-rap rip-roaring Riparia Riparia riparia riparian riparian forest riparian right Riparious ripcord ripe ripe olive Ripely ripen ripened ripeness ripening Ripidolite Ripienist ripieno Ripken Ripler Ripley Ripon Ripost	rip into rip into rip off rip off rip off rip off rip off Rip Off Artist rip off to tear away from rip on rip on rip out rip out rip out rip out of rip panel Rip rap Rip rap Rip the Bring rip through rip tide Rip Tide (Doctor Who) rip tides rip to rip up rip up rip up rip up rip up Rip van Winkel Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle Syndrome Rip Ya a New One rip-off rip-offs Rip-rap Rip-rap rip-roaring rip-roaring rip-roaringly rip-roaringly rip-roarious RIP/TOA RIP1 RIP2 RIP3 Ripa Ripa Ripa Tiberis RIPAA RIPAC RIPAE RiPAL Riparia Riparia Riparia riparia Riparia riparia riparian riparian riparian Riparian and Wetland Research Program

Better than all, except the 'Conquest of Granada', I liked the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the story of Rip Van Winkle, with their humorous and affectionate caricatures of life that was once of our own soil and air; and the 'Tales of the Alhambra', which transported me again, to the scenes of my youth beside the Xenil.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

The country through which the road meandered, was rich and beautiful; the weather very fine; and for many miles the Kaatskill mountains, where Rip Van Winkle and the ghostly Dutchmen played at ninepins one memorable gusty afternoon, towered in the blue distance, like stately clouds.

American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context

Both the world of fashion and the Court of Chancery are things of precedent and usage: oversleeping Rip Van Winkles who have played at strange games through a deal of thundery weather; sleeping beauties whom the knight will wake one day, when all the stopped spits in the kitchen shall begin to turn prodigiously!

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

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