| 单词 | peter-pannery | 
| 释义 | Peter-Panneryn.  Immaturity, childishness; behaviour characteristic of a Peter Pan. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > 			[noun]		 > immaturity in adult Peter-Pannery1919 Peter Panishness1928 Peter Panic1934 1919    T. M. Rendle Swings & Roundabouts xi. 133  				The ‘great little Tilley’—daughter of a comedian named Harry Ball on the stage and Powles in private life—is a remarkable instance of Peter Pan-nery. 1934    Landmark Sept. 460  				‘Babbitt’ questioned the ideals and integrity of the business world, and painted the tiresome peterpannery of the business man. 1960    Spectator 2 Sept. 345  				An occasional embarrassing lapse into peter-pannery. 1962    John o' London's 2 Aug. 115/3  				General air of Peter Pannery. 1988    Financial Times 		(Nexis)	 25 Apr. 21  				The Peter-Pannery at the heart of the part eludes her. Like Amanda and Elvira, Larita is a child at heart. 1995    D. Kiberd Inventing Ireland 		(1996)	 vi. 113  				The poem may indeed be a critique of the misuse of the child image in certain forms of Celticism and Peter Pannery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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