Wendy house

Meaning

Noun

• A toy house in which children can play.

Origin

• From Wendy + house, , a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”