The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peep-o'-day boys
Peep \Peep\, n.
The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
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First outlook or appearance.
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn.
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A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
To take t' other peep at the stars.
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(Zo["o]l.)
Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ( Trigna minutilla).
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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]