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Pe·ter Pan | \ ˈpē-tər-ˈpan 
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\Definition of Peter Pan
1 : a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land
2 : an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes
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The first known use of Peter Pan was in 1904
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