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peeke

Peag \Peag\, n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag.
--RHUD.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.

Usage examples of "peeke".

Their in the house, Sheriff Jacob Haas found several dead bodies, namely the ranch cook, Miss Noreen Peeke who was subjected to unbelievable and unhumane treatment at the hand of a dark fiend.