"Dick Whittington" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "After Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and financed various public projects. He is remembered in a pantomime called Dick Whittington and His Cat, in which he sets out for London to make his fortune.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dick Whittingtons",
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "London",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1911, The Sunday at Home, page 194:",
          "text": "\"Fine! Ye couldn't beat it. And you'd go off to London, or some such place—\"\n\"I should like it to be London.\"\n\"Oh, of course; there's plenty of Dick Whittingtons left yet. But there's more petrol than pearls about the London pavement now. […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, What's Up, Britain?, page 42:",
          "text": "Britain's twenty-somethings have become iPod-carrying Dick Whittingtons, drawn to London by the prospect of large salaries and hopes of a vibrant social life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Somebody who moves to London in the hope of better prospects."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "London",
          "London"
        ],
        [
          "prospect",
          "prospect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Somebody who moves to London in the hope of better prospects."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Dick Whittington and His Cat",
        "Richard Whittington"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dick Whittington"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "After Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and financed various public projects. He is remembered in a pantomime called Dick Whittington and His Cat, in which he sets out for London to make his fortune.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dick Whittingtons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "en:London"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1911, The Sunday at Home, page 194:",
          "text": "\"Fine! Ye couldn't beat it. And you'd go off to London, or some such place—\"\n\"I should like it to be London.\"\n\"Oh, of course; there's plenty of Dick Whittingtons left yet. But there's more petrol than pearls about the London pavement now. […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, What's Up, Britain?, page 42:",
          "text": "Britain's twenty-somethings have become iPod-carrying Dick Whittingtons, drawn to London by the prospect of large salaries and hopes of a vibrant social life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Somebody who moves to London in the hope of better prospects."
      ],
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        [
          "London",
          "London"
        ],
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          "prospect",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(UK) Somebody who moves to London in the hope of better prospects."
      ],
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        "UK"
      ],
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        "Dick Whittington and His Cat",
        "Richard Whittington"
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}