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单词 peep-arm
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peep-armn.

Forms: 1600s peepe-arme.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peep v.1, arm n.1
Etymology: < peep v.1 + arm n.1 Compare peep-bo n.
Obsolete. rare.
Only in to play at peep-arm: to move one's arm so as to hide the fact that one's sleeve is worn through.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > be undetected
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to play at peep-arm1631
to dance (also march, walk, etc.) in a net1680
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 122 in Wks. II A broken [i.e. worn out at the elbow] sleeue keepes the arme backe..And thence wee say, that such a one playes at peepe-arme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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