peep-bon.
/ˈpiːp(ˌb)əʊ/, U.S. /ˈpipˌboʊ/ colloquial.
= peekaboo n. 1. Also figurative. Cf. bo-peep n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > bo-peep
bo-peep1528
bo-keik1535
peekaboo1600
hity-tity1609
titbore tatbore1614
peep-bo1660
peep1677
teet-boa1774
hide-and-peep1832
peep-eye1887
teetie-bo1892
1660 R. Wild Iter Boreale ix. 13 Dark-Lanthorn Language, and his peep-boe play, Will-E-Wispt Lambert's New-Lights out o' th' way.
1790 M. P. Andrews Better Late than Never v. 69 Eh, Master Blackball—No more Sophas—done with peep bo.
1828 A. Royall Black Bk. II. 137 I was not disposed to play at peep-bo with him.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) x. 94 Small restless black eyes, that kept winking and twinkling on each side of his..nose, as if they were playing a perpetual game of peep-bo with that feature.
1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 40 The afternoon sun playing peep-bo among his thick golden curls.
1952 M. Henrey Exile in Soho iii. 47 The baby's chin rested on its mother's shoulder, and from time to time Jenny played peep-bo with it.
1992 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June 22 At one year old their favourite game was playing peep bo using the living room curtain as a divide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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