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RIP VAN WINKLE noun

Definition of Rip van Winkle (noun)

  1. a person oblivious to social changes
  2. a person who sleeps a lot
  3. the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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