Peter Pan

noun

Pe·ter Pan ˈpē-tər-ˈpan

: a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land

: an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes

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Although notable for his ascension in country music, Peck attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2014 and played Peter Pan in the 2016 production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Apollo Theater. —

Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025 The figure who eventually becomes known as Tinkerbell is biologically born male and named Timmy, an earlier victim of Peter Pan, who in this world is a demented child-napper hellbent on sending young boys to Neverland. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Essay The Lost Ones: The Real Boys of Neverland Michelle Dean Few works of literature have idealized childhood so profoundly as Peter Pan. —

Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 Image Swimmers at the Christmas Day race for the Peter Pan cup in Hyde Park, London, on Christmas Day. —

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