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NEVER-NEVER LAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does never-never land mean? 

NEVER-NEVER LAND (noun)
  The noun NEVER-NEVER LAND has 1 sense:

1. a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imaginationplay

  Familiarity information: NEVER-NEVER LAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEVER-NEVER LAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

dreamland; dreamworld; never-never land

Hypernyms ("never-never land" is a kind of...):

fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)


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