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Nov 28, 2009
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Pied' Pip'er




1. the hero of a German folk legend, popularized in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1842) by Robert Browning.
2. (sometimes l.c.) a person who induces others to follow or imitate him or her, esp. by means of false or extravagant promises.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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