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Pied piper   /paɪd pˈaɪpər/   Listen
Pied piper

noun
1.
A leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom).
2.
The title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning.  Synonym: Pied Piper of Hamelin.





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"Pied piper" Quotes from Famous Books



... problem for you to solve, my lambkin," Aunt Mary said. "As a matter of fact there is room enough, in the country, but people prefer to live in towns. You will have to hire a pied piper and pipe all the babies ...
— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton
... influenced by a Pied Piper kind of fellow who calls himself a conjurer, and is rather too clever for ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Patrick Braybrooke


Words linked to "Pied piper" :   fictitious character, leader, character, fictional character


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