A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address
‘I’m glad you enjoyed yourself, Peter Pan,’ says one of the characters in Sandra, by Pearl Bell, to a fully grown man who has just been indulging in ‘boyish’ activities, such as ice-skating.
This transferred name alludes to the boy who never grows up, invented by J.M.Barrie in his novel The Little White Bird (1902) and made famous by a later stage play. The popularity of the play had much to do with the increased use of Peter as a boy’s first name in Britain,
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