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Fanciful scheme for the Tube?
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pipe dream
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Wikipedia
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Pipe Dream is a television program on the American cable channel NBC Golf Channel . It follows the story of Mark Burk, a homeless golfer who is trying to get his life on back on track. The story and original program is a documentary reality series in 10 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1870; the sort of improbable fantasy one has while smoking opium; from pipe (n.1) + dream (n.). Old English pipdream meant "piping."
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" [syn: dream ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.