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Heffalump | |
noun | 1. A child's term for an elephant. |
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| "Don't forget Clara's stuffed heffalump — she can't sleep without it." | "I've called elephants 'heffalumps' since my dad read 'Winnie-the-Pooh' to me when I was a kid." | "Let's go to the zoo and see your favorite heffalumps this weekend." |
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| British English, 1920s |
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| The word "heffalump," meaning "elephant," was coined by British author A.A. Milne in the Winnie-the-Pooh books. The first appearance of the charming term was in the original 1926 "Winnie-the-Pooh," with the fifth chapter titled, "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump." ... | |
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