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Peep-o'-day boys

Peep \Peep\, n.

  1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

  2. First outlook or appearance.

    Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn.
    --Gray.

  3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

    To take t' other peep at the stars.
    --Swift.

  4. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ( Trigna minutilla).

    2. The European meadow pipit ( Anthus pratensis).

      Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.

      Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]