peachickn.
/ˈpiːtʃɪk/, U.S. /ˈpiˌtʃɪk/ 1. A young peafowl.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl) > young
peachick1518
1518 Expences of Househ. in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1864) (modernized text) II. ii. 1515 Pulletria..4 peacocks, 8s. 18 peachicks, 8s.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xv. sig. H.iiv Yonge peechyken [plural] of a halfe a yere of age be praysed.
1634 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. xxiii To Mr. Prestwood for 1 peacock and a pea henn 00 13 00..To him for 3 peachickes 00 07 06.
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) July xvi. 79 A Dunghil Hen seldom brings the Pea Chicks up to that Perfection, as the natural Parent does.
1878 J. Inglis Sport & Work xi. 120 The peachicks, about seven or eight months old, are deliciously tender and well flavoured.
1881 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 793/2 In order to hatch the pea-chick, she had to sit one week longer than is necessary to hatch an ordinary chick.
1976 Sci. Amer. Dec. 145/1 We find..an elephant and its new offspring, a zebu and its calf, a pig and a piglet, a peahen and a peachick.
1999 Indianapolis Star 16 Feb. d8 (advt.) A peahen..lays about 14 eggs. The young, or peachicks, leave the nest a few hours after they hatch.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
puppy?1544
self-lover1555
coxcomb1567
feather-cock1612
self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer ii. ii. 20 But does that snivelling Pea-Chick think to make a Cuckold of me?
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. i. 134 How these young pea-chicks must needs ape the grown peacock's frippery!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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