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WALTER MITTY
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• WALTER MITTY (noun)
The noun WALTER MITTY has 1 sense:
1. fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs
Familiarity information: WALTER MITTY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
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