Pippi Longstocking
Noun
Meaning
A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.
Synonym: Pollyanna
Examples
She had a bit of that Pippi Longstocking thing going on.
The Pippi Longstocking books.
Lindgren later related that Karin had suddenly said to her, "Tell me a story about Pippi Longstocking", and the tale was created in response to that remark.
The character Pippi Longstocking was invented for her daughter to amuse her while she was ill in bed.
Hundreds of children will be going to school dressed as the likes of Harry Potter, Pippi Longstocking, pictured, or some other children’s book character.