Winnie the Pooh-ish

A form of Winnie-the-Poohish — Resembling or characteristic of the children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by English author A. A. Milne.

Meanings

adjectiveWinnie the Pooh-ish (comparative more Winnie the Pooh-ish, superlative most Winnie the Pooh-ish)

comparative more Winnie the Pooh-ish · superlative most Winnie the Pooh-ish

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Winnie-the-Poohish.

    With its Buttercup Cottage and Bluebell Wood, the feel of the series is Winnie the Pooh-ish.

    2009 June 2, Leanne Italie, “Phelps and Moore keep up production in children’s books”, in The Call-Leader, volume 119, number 129, Elwood, Ind., page 3, column 4
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    In spite of its Winnie the Pooh-ish inclination, this book, about being young, married and hopeful in London has its pleasant, even charming moments.

    1972, Martin Levin, quotee, edited by Josephine Samudio, Book Review Digest: Sixty-Eighth Annual Cumulation, March 1972 to February 1973 Inclusive, New York, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Company, published 1973, →LCCN, page 113, column 1

    I drove past landscaped gardens and residential complexes with Winnie the Pooh-ish names like Dogwood Hills and Mulberry City.

    1989, Douglas Kennedy, In God’s Country: Travels in the Bible Belt, USA, Unwin Hyman, →ISBN, page 195

Origin

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