"wendy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wendy.ogg [Australia] Forms: wendies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wendy (plural wendies)
  1. (derogatory, slang, British, particularly northern UK) A wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly. Tags: British, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-wendy-en-noun-jMU4idfL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wendy meaning in English (1.2kB)

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