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perking, ppl. a.|ˈpɜːkɪŋ|
[f. perk v.1 + -ing2.]
That perks: in various senses of perk v.1
1602W. Bas Sword & Buckler B iij b, The pearking Citizen and minsing Dame of any paltrie beggerd Market toune. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 223 Mr. Beck..was a little insignificant, perking..man. a1851Moir Mayday iii, The perking squirrel's small nose you see From the fungous nook of its own beech-tree.
Hence ˈperkingly adv., in a perking manner.
1841Tait's Mag. VIII. 618 He drew up his head perkingly. |