SINCE 1828
Rip van Winkle
noun
Rip van Win·kle
| \ˌrip-(ˌ)van-ˈwiŋ-kəl,
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Definition of Rip van Winkle
: a ne'er-do-well in a story in Washington Irving's Sketch Book who sleeps for 20 years
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