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Casper

Casper

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A friendly ghost in children's stories and cartoons
  • proper noun
: Casper
  • Make way for Casper the Friendly Ghost!
  • Casper the Ghost
  • Casper the Friendly
  • Casper costume

My love for spiral staircases began with Casper.

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Examples

  • Why don't you be Casper the Ghost?

  • Let's just stick with Casper, the friendly ghost.

  • I want to be Casper the Ghost.

  • Okay, yeah, like Casper the Friendly Ghost.

  • We see a Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon on the screen.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • - This isn't Casper the Friendly Ghost.

  • "Who is that with you, Casper the friendly ghost?" P2 1 1

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Hanging prominently is a Casper the Friendly Ghost costume.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You haunted me like Casper the ghost.

  • Casper the Friendly Ghost is a beloved character in many children's cartoons.

Surface Forms

Casper main

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the friendly ghost Casper is to think of the old name Caspar, a simple human name, and imagine the creators chose it because it sounds kind and gentle — so Casper became a friendly ghost in children's stories.