Great Expectations

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1-What is the significance of Philip Pirrip's nickname, “Pip"?

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In the first sentence of Great Expectations, Pip explains the origin of his name: “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.