Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep is a character from an English nursery rhyme who lost her sheep and was advised to leave them alone until they returned.
The rhyme is among the most familiar in English-speaking childhood.
The name sometimes appears in references to losing track of things or people: I'm playing Little Bo Peep with my car keys.
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- lost sheepAnimal separated from flock
- lambJuvenile sheep
- crookBent implement or criminal
- nurseryRoom for infants
nursery rhyme · rhyme · lost · flock · meadow · bonnet · shepherdess · tails · wagging · hillside · pasture · woolly · stray · wandering · come home · Mother Goose · children's verse · fairy tale
- nursery rhymeslullabies, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes, Rock-a-Bye Baby
nursery rhyme character type
Little Bo PeepLittle Jack Horner
size and diminutiveness
Little Bo PeepBig Bad Wolf
Fairy tale canine villain
giant · Paul Bunyan · Goliath
little, littler, littlest, peep, peeps, peeped, peeping, peeper, peepers