peepern.¹

Brit.

/ˈpiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈpipər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < peep v.² + -er suffix¹.With sense 3 compare earlier piper n.¹ 2a.

1. Something which peeps or cheeps; spec. a young chicken (or occasionally a young pigeon). Now chiefly U.S.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken

chickenOE

chicka1398

poulta1425

chicken birdc1450

peepera1586

peepling1594

game chicken1674

peep1688

spring chicken1765

clucker1779

chickabiddy1785

chicklet1836

chickie1851

wing-chick1885

pee-pee1890

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > young

dove-birdc1200

culver-bird1382

peepera1586

squab1694

dovelet1825

pigeon-poult1885

piper1885

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > small or weak voice > person

peepera1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H3 Betwixt them two the peeper tooke his nest, Where snugging well he well appear'd content.

1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. ii. sig. H4^v I preferre..an ancient henne before a younge chicken peeper.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pepieur, a peeper, cheeper; puler.

1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece ii. xvii. 98 Those, which hunt for curious cheere, Chicken Peepers, and Pheasants deere.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclvii, in Poems (1878) IV. 165 But nobly cover with a Wing wide Spread; Feathers above 'em to Surround them All, Amated peepers.

1733 J. Bramston Man of Taste 14 Snails the first course, and Peepers crown the meal.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Peeper, a young chicken just breaking the shell.

1894 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 23 352 A very young chicken, a peeper.

1937 Sci. Monthly Sept. 236/1 In Italy this bird is now piphione, literally a young pigeon, a ‘peeper.’

2000 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 9 May I go out to feed him [sc. a rooster] and the hens and the peepers a handful of mash.

2. U.S. A small tree frog of the genus Hyla; esp. (more fully spring peeper) a very small, brownish-grey tree frog with a dark cross on the back, H. crucifer, of eastern North America, the male of which sings in early spring.

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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Hylidae > spring peeper

rain frog1827

peeper1851

spring peeper1855

1851 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. N.Y. 43 The peeper or cricket frog, called in Savannah, the Savannah cricket.

1857 S. H. Hammond Wild Northern Scenes 30 All is still now, save the piping notes of the little peeper along the shore.

1889 G. H. Ellwanger Garden's Story i. 19 The chorus of the Hylodes, or peepers,..that piercing treble..that nothing—even the katydid—can equal in strident intensity.

1906 M. C. Dickerson Frog Bk. 139 There are few people in the eastern United States who do not know the voices of the Spring Peepers... The Peepers have spring in their hearts.

1938 J. W. Lippincott Animal Neighbours (1940) xx. 192 The ridiculously small spring frog or peeper, an inch and a quarter long, comes first, sometime in March.

1990 New Age Jrnl. June 20/1 These web-footed tree frogs known as spring peepers were hibernating under leaves, moss, or logs.

3. English regional (Cornwall). The red gurnard, Chelidonichthys. Cf. piper n.¹ 2a.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla cuculus (red gurnard)

rochet1345

cur1589

red fish1611

rocketa1655

red gurnarda1672

sea-cock1704

soldier1846

elleck1862

peeper1880

latchett1882

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 17/2 There is another species of tub-fish caught here (Mousehole) very similar to, but much smaller than the former..sometimes called Piper or Peeper, and by others Ellick, Denneck, or Redannech.

1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 126 Piper.., the variant ‘peeper’ is applied to Trigla cuculus Linn. (Couch).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

peepern.²

Brit.

/ˈpiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈpipər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < peep v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who peeps or peers; esp. one who pries or looks furtively, or in a voyeuristic way; = peeping Tom n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in

pryer1552

peeper1607

poker1608

Paul Pry1826

snooper1889

nosy parker1896

stickybeak1917

nosy1931

curtain-twitcher1940

prodnose1965

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. D2^v Whose there? Peepers: Intelligencers: Euesdroppers.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 375 He..had his eyes put out; an apt punishment for all peepers, and Star-gazers.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 53. ⁋8 I doubt not but you will think a Peeper as much more pernicious than a Starer.

1795 J. Wolcot Convent. Bill in Wks. (1812) III. 380 Then let the bullet..Dismiss the saucy Peeper to the dead.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvi. 193 Here's the New York Family Spy! Here's the New York Private Listener! Here's the New York Peeper!

1973 Times 27 Aug. 2/5 Peterborough police are patrolling the Nene embankment after complaints that Peeping Toms are spying on courting couples. Mr Charles Swift..said the peepers are members of a group.

2003 Gay Times Feb. 61/3 If you view others, without their knowledge or consent..then peepers can expect up to two years in the slammers.

b. slang (chiefly North American). A private detective or investigator. Also occasionally: a police officer.

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society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective > who watches or follows

shadow1859

peeper1908

tail1914

tag1966

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in

private detective1857

eye1874

Pinkerton1877

ferret1891

consultant1894

private investigator1894

Sherlock Holmes1896

operative1901

Sherlock1903

Sherlockian1903

Pink1904

peeper1908

private dick1912

op1924

shamus1925

private eye1938

PI1953

peep1974

1908 A. M. N. Lyons Arthur's i. ii. 23 At last we dropped the game altogether, 'cause we come to a landlord as was a Guardian, an' 'e set the peepers after us.

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xxvi. 229 The peeper told Eddie some guy in a gray Plymouth was tailing him.

1968 ‘E. McGirr’ Lead-lined Coffin ii. 64 He..flipped the wallet open. ‘A peeper,’ he said.

1980 H. Engel Suicide Murders (1985) xv. 102 You know as well as I do that a peeper isn't licenced to carry a piece since 1966, right?

1998 T. F. Monteleone Night of Broken Souls 9 He looked more like a Wall Street trainee than a detective. ‘This guy's a peeper.’

†a. slang. A mirror; (also, occasionally) a spyglass. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass

looking-glass1526

Venice glass1527

tooting-glassc1560

seeing-glass1565

girdle-glassa1652

Venice looking-glass1655

considering-glass1660

peeper1673

long glass1680

table glass1688

dressing glass1697

keeking-glassa1724

toilet glass1729

long mirror1793

swing-glass1809

hand glass1832

cheval-glass1836

psyche1838

tire-glass1844

tiring-glass1844

driving mirror1907

wing mirror1925

swing mirror1930

vanity mirror1959

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 43 Peeper, a Looking glass.

1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 380 Peeper, a Looking-glass.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Peeper, a spying glass; and also a looking glass, (cant).

b. slang. In plural. A pair of spectacles. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles

spectaclec1386

a pair of spectacles1423

ocularies?a1425

barnaclea1566

eye1568

sight-glasses1605

glass eye1608

prospective glass1616

sights1619

prospectivea1635

nose-compasses1654

glass1660

lunettes1681

peeper1699

eyeglass1760

specs1807

winker1816

gig-lamps1853

nose-riders1875

window1896

cheaters1920

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xii. 8 He at last pulls out his artificial Peepers, which he mounted upon the handle of his face.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Queere-peepers, c. old fashion'd, ord'nary, black-framed, or common Looking glasses.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Peepers, a cant term for spectacles, Roxb.

2003 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 May 7 Old timers still, if rarely, call their glasses peepers, although now they are far more likely to call them specs or spectacles.

†c. A small window. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > small window

fenestrellec1420

windolet1592

mezzaninec1720

fenestella1848

peeper1899

1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. ii. 30 The windows..are small, and the brown thatch is lifted above these peepers.

3. slang. An eye. Frequently in plural.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]

eyeeOE

the fleshly eyec1175

balla1400

window1481

glazier1567

light1580

crystal1592

orb1594

glass1597

optic1601

twinkler1605

lampa1616

watchera1616

wink-a-peeps1615

visive organa1652

ogle1673

peeper1691

goggle?1705

visual orb1725

orbit1727

winker1734

peep?1738

daylights?1747

eyewinker1808

keeker1808

glimmer1814

blinker1816

glim1820

goggler1821

skylight1824

ocular1825

mince pie1857

saucer1858

mince1937

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World 19 They [sc. Hands] strole in conjunction with his Eyes..cropping here and there..such delicate choice Flowers as present themselves to his Inquisitive Peepers.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Peepers, Eyes.

1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 181 An understanding as much distorted and awry as his two peepers.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Peepers, eyes; single peeper, a one eyed man.

1819 Sporting Mag. 5 6 A slight cut on the right peeper.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 126 A secret..invisible..to the stupid peepers of that young whiskered prig.

1894 Nation 29 Nov. 399/3 He would rather not have to draw his claret and close his peepers.

1937 G. Frankau More of Us iv. 42 She winked one peeper.

1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds vii. 108 There was a leer in his rheumy peepers as he gave Marianne a mental strip.

1991 Sun 16 Dec. 26/2 I need mascara to separate and lengthen my eyelashes. Every woman needs a good frame for her peepers.

4. English regional. The scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel

wayworta1300

pimpernel?a1425

sicklewortc1450

craches1530

margeline1572

wink-a-peep1626

shepherd's sun-dial1823

poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827

shepherd's weatherglass1827

shepherd's calendar1832

scarlet pimpernel1855

shepherd's dial1865

shepherd's clock1878

shepherd's glass1886

peeper1888

shepherd's hourglass1909

1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 795 Anagallis arvensis L., Local names: Shepherd's Weatherglass; Shepherd Red-eye; and ‘Peepers’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peeper
释义	peepern.¹ Brit. /ˈpiːpə/, U.S. /ˈpipər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < peep v.² + -er suffix¹.With sense 3 compare earlier piper n.¹ 2a. 1. Something which peeps or cheeps; spec. a young chicken (or occasionally a young pigeon). Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken chickenOE chicka1398 poulta1425 chicken birdc1450 peepera1586 peepling1594 game chicken1674 peep1688 spring chicken1765 clucker1779 chickabiddy1785 chicklet1836 chickie1851 wing-chick1885 pee-pee1890 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > young dove-birdc1200 culver-bird1382 peepera1586 squab1694 dovelet1825 pigeon-poult1885 piper1885 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > small or weak voice > person peepera1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H3 Betwixt them two the peeper tooke his nest, Where snugging well he well appear'd content. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. ii. sig. H4^v I preferre..an ancient henne before a younge chicken peeper. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pepieur, a peeper, cheeper; puler. 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece ii. xvii. 98 Those, which hunt for curious cheere, Chicken Peepers, and Pheasants deere. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclvii, in Poems (1878) IV. 165 But nobly cover with a Wing wide Spread; Feathers above 'em to Surround them All, Amated peepers. 1733 J. Bramston Man of Taste 14 Snails the first course, and Peepers crown the meal. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Peeper, a young chicken just breaking the shell. 1894 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 23 352 A very young chicken, a peeper. 1937 Sci. Monthly Sept. 236/1 In Italy this bird is now piphione, literally a young pigeon, a ‘peeper.’ 2000 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 9 May I go out to feed him [sc. a rooster] and the hens and the peepers a handful of mash. 2. U.S. A small tree frog of the genus Hyla; esp. (more fully spring peeper) a very small, brownish-grey tree frog with a dark cross on the back, H. crucifer, of eastern North America, the male of which sings in early spring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Hylidae > spring peeper rain frog1827 peeper1851 spring peeper1855 1851 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. N.Y. 43 The peeper or cricket frog, called in Savannah, the Savannah cricket. 1857 S. H. Hammond Wild Northern Scenes 30 All is still now, save the piping notes of the little peeper along the shore. 1889 G. H. Ellwanger Garden's Story i. 19 The chorus of the Hylodes, or peepers,..that piercing treble..that nothing—even the katydid—can equal in strident intensity. 1906 M. C. Dickerson Frog Bk. 139 There are few people in the eastern United States who do not know the voices of the Spring Peepers... The Peepers have spring in their hearts. 1938 J. W. Lippincott Animal Neighbours (1940) xx. 192 The ridiculously small spring frog or peeper, an inch and a quarter long, comes first, sometime in March. 1990 New Age Jrnl. June 20/1 These web-footed tree frogs known as spring peepers were hibernating under leaves, moss, or logs. 3. English regional (Cornwall). The red gurnard, Chelidonichthys. Cf. piper n.¹ 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla cuculus (red gurnard) rochet1345 cur1589 red fish1611 rocketa1655 red gurnarda1672 sea-cock1704 soldier1846 elleck1862 peeper1880 latchett1882 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 17/2 There is another species of tub-fish caught here (Mousehole) very similar to, but much smaller than the former..sometimes called Piper or Peeper, and by others Ellick, Denneck, or Redannech. 1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 126 Piper.., the variant ‘peeper’ is applied to Trigla cuculus Linn. (Couch). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). peepern.² Brit. /ˈpiːpə/, U.S. /ˈpipər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < peep v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who peeps or peers; esp. one who pries or looks furtively, or in a voyeuristic way; = peeping Tom n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in pryer1552 peeper1607 poker1608 Paul Pry1826 snooper1889 nosy parker1896 stickybeak1917 nosy1931 curtain-twitcher1940 prodnose1965 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. D2^v Whose there? Peepers: Intelligencers: Euesdroppers. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 375 He..had his eyes put out; an apt punishment for all peepers, and Star-gazers. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 53. ⁋8 I doubt not but you will think a Peeper as much more pernicious than a Starer. 1795 J. Wolcot Convent. Bill in Wks. (1812) III. 380 Then let the bullet..Dismiss the saucy Peeper to the dead. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvi. 193 Here's the New York Family Spy! Here's the New York Private Listener! Here's the New York Peeper! 1973 Times 27 Aug. 2/5 Peterborough police are patrolling the Nene embankment after complaints that Peeping Toms are spying on courting couples. Mr Charles Swift..said the peepers are members of a group. 2003 Gay Times Feb. 61/3 If you view others, without their knowledge or consent..then peepers can expect up to two years in the slammers. b. slang (chiefly North American). A private detective or investigator. Also occasionally: a police officer. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective > who watches or follows shadow1859 peeper1908 tail1914 tag1966 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in private detective1857 eye1874 Pinkerton1877 ferret1891 consultant1894 private investigator1894 Sherlock Holmes1896 operative1901 Sherlock1903 Sherlockian1903 Pink1904 peeper1908 private dick1912 op1924 shamus1925 private eye1938 PI1953 peep1974 1908 A. M. N. Lyons Arthur's i. ii. 23 At last we dropped the game altogether, 'cause we come to a landlord as was a Guardian, an' 'e set the peepers after us. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xxvi. 229 The peeper told Eddie some guy in a gray Plymouth was tailing him. 1968 ‘E. McGirr’ Lead-lined Coffin ii. 64 He..flipped the wallet open. ‘A peeper,’ he said. 1980 H. Engel Suicide Murders (1985) xv. 102 You know as well as I do that a peeper isn't licenced to carry a piece since 1966, right? 1998 T. F. Monteleone Night of Broken Souls 9 He looked more like a Wall Street trainee than a detective. ‘This guy's a peeper.’ 2. †a. slang. A mirror; (also, occasionally) a spyglass. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass looking-glass1526 Venice glass1527 tooting-glassc1560 seeing-glass1565 girdle-glassa1652 Venice looking-glass1655 considering-glass1660 peeper1673 long glass1680 table glass1688 dressing glass1697 keeking-glassa1724 toilet glass1729 long mirror1793 swing-glass1809 hand glass1832 cheval-glass1836 psyche1838 tire-glass1844 tiring-glass1844 driving mirror1907 wing mirror1925 swing mirror1930 vanity mirror1959 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 43 Peeper, a Looking glass. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 380 Peeper, a Looking-glass. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Peeper, a spying glass; and also a looking glass, (cant). b. slang. In plural. A pair of spectacles. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xii. 8 He at last pulls out his artificial Peepers, which he mounted upon the handle of his face. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Queere-peepers, c. old fashion'd, ord'nary, black-framed, or common Looking glasses. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Peepers, a cant term for spectacles, Roxb. 2003 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 May 7 Old timers still, if rarely, call their glasses peepers, although now they are far more likely to call them specs or spectacles. †c. A small window. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > small window fenestrellec1420 windolet1592 mezzaninec1720 fenestella1848 peeper1899 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. ii. 30 The windows..are small, and the brown thatch is lifted above these peepers. 3. slang. An eye. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] eyeeOE the fleshly eyec1175 balla1400 window1481 glazier1567 light1580 crystal1592 orb1594 glass1597 optic1601 twinkler1605 lampa1616 watchera1616 wink-a-peeps1615 visive organa1652 ogle1673 peeper1691 goggle?1705 visual orb1725 orbit1727 winker1734 peep?1738 daylights?1747 eyewinker1808 keeker1808 glimmer1814 blinker1816 glim1820 goggler1821 skylight1824 ocular1825 mince pie1857 saucer1858 mince1937 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World 19 They [sc. Hands] strole in conjunction with his Eyes..cropping here and there..such delicate choice Flowers as present themselves to his Inquisitive Peepers. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Peepers, Eyes. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 181 An understanding as much distorted and awry as his two peepers. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Peepers, eyes; single peeper, a one eyed man. 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 6 A slight cut on the right peeper. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 126 A secret..invisible..to the stupid peepers of that young whiskered prig. 1894 Nation 29 Nov. 399/3 He would rather not have to draw his claret and close his peepers. 1937 G. Frankau More of Us iv. 42 She winked one peeper. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds vii. 108 There was a leer in his rheumy peepers as he gave Marianne a mental strip. 1991 Sun 16 Dec. 26/2 I need mascara to separate and lengthen my eyelashes. Every woman needs a good frame for her peepers. 4. English regional. The scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 795 Anagallis arvensis L., Local names: Shepherd's Weatherglass; Shepherd Red-eye; and ‘Peepers’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1586n.²1607
随便看	take get trial take go on a sleigh ride take gome take good night take grief with take grievance with take grievously take grith take ground take guard take guts to a bear take hands take hands together take hares with foxes take have at a why-not take have at a whynot take have comfort take head take head against take heart take heart of grace take heart of grace and variants take hedge take heed tartarousness

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