Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A fantastic notion or vain hope.
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- n. A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.
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- n. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
Etymologies
From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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quotato commented on the word pipe dream
The only pipe dream that ever worked is when a plumber got a job.
December 3, 2008