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单词 pip, squeak, and wilfred
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Pip, Squeak, and Wilfredn.

Brit. /ˌpɪp skwiːk (ə)n(d) ˈwɪlfrɪd/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪp ˌskwik (ə)n(d) ˈwɪlfrᵻd/
Forms: 1900s– Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred, 1900s– Pip, Squeak, and Wilfrid.
Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Pip, Squeak, Wilfred.
Etymology: < the names of Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred, a trio of animal characters, respectively a dog, a penguin, and a rabbit, featured in a children's comic strip in the Daily Mirror from 1919 to 1955.The cartoon was drawn by Austin Bowen Payne (1876–1956); Pip and Squeak were reputedly named from the nickname of his wartime batman, Pip-Squeak (Wilfred did not appear until later in the series).
colloquial.
A group of three objects or persons; spec. (a later nickname for) a series of three campaign medals or medal ribbons (the 1914–15 Star, the War Medal, and the Victory Medal) awarded to British soldiers during and at the conclusion of the First World War (1914–18).
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Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred1937
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 633/2 Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, the medals (or medal ribbons), 1914–15 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 35 Other names [for a trio of friends] are Pip, Squeak and Wilfrid.
1977 Times 30 Sept. 16/8 That goes for Messrs Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, too.
2004 Sussex Express (Nexis) 29 Apr. Even today..one sees the faded ribbons of ‘Pip, Squeak and Wilfred’ displayed for sale in an antique shop window.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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