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Womble

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒmb(ə)l/

British

Definition of Womble

noun

a fictional animal inhabiting Wimbledon Common in London, characterized as clearing up litter.

verb

(womble) [no object, with adverbial of direction] informal

wander in a casual or relaxed way:once we’d arrived back in Cambridge, we wombled quietly home

Origin:

1960s: from Wombledon Common, representing a child's pronunciation of Wimbledon; the creatures first appeared in a series of children's books (1968–76) by Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010) and were popularized by a television series (1973–5)