Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred
/ˌpɪp skwiːk (ə)n(d) ˈwɪlfrɪd/(also Pip, Squeak, and Wilfrid) informal
noun
A group of three objects or persons; specifically (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).
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Eric Partridge (1894–1979), lexicographer and etymologist. From 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.
- liken
- likeness
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- like nothing on earth
- like (or for) grim death
- like peas (or two peas) in a pod
- like pulling teeth
- Likert scale
- like shit
- like shooting fish in a barrel
- like sin
- like so
- like stink
- like that
- like the cat that got (or stole) the cream
- like the clappers
- like the deuce
- like the devil
- like the wind
- like turkeys voting for Christmas
- like watching paint dry
- like water
- like water off a duck's back
- likewise
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