Wendy house

noun

, British.

1. a child's playhouse.

Wendy house

/ ˈwɛndɪ /

noun

1. a small model house that children can enter and play in

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendy house¹

First recorded in 1945–50; after the house that Peter Pan builds around Wendy in J. Barrie's Peter Pan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendy house¹

C20: named after the house built for Wendy, the girl in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904)

Example Sentences

I had a little herb garden near the children’s sand pit and Wendy house.

From Seattle Times

In the large, high-ceilinged, gilded room that was the station's cafe someone has set up a toy kitchen and a Wendy house in one corner.

From BBC

A woman has resorted to living in a Wendy house after hitting financial troubles and finding herself homeless.

From BBC

The rabbit's owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, said it was "beyond comprehension" that "someone, somehow, climbed into our high-walled garden, killed and mutilated him and left him next to my daughter's little pink Wendy house for us to find".

From BBC

"My children want to use it as a Wendy house," he said.

From BBC