wendy house, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Special sense of general English ‘a toy house...for children to play in’ (Oxford South African Concise Dictionary, 2010), from Wendy’s house which was built around the fictional character Wendy Darling, in J. M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan.
A small structure traditionally made from wood, used for a range of purposes including as inexpensive housing or office space, or as a storage shed. Cf. zozo.
2013 wendycalvertprop.wozaonline.co.za (DSAE Corpus)We also supply wood and panels for houses, kayas, bungalows & wendy houses.
2017 dailymaverick.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The Wendy house is not suitable and it is raised off the ground on concrete blocks, making access difficult for her.
A small structure traditionally made from wood, used for a range of purposes including as inexpensive housing or office space, or as a storage shed.
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