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Peeper   Listen
noun
Peeper  n.  
1.
A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.
2.
One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. "Who's there? peepers,... eavesdroppers?"
3.
The eye; as, to close the peepers. (Colloq.)





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"Peeper" Quotes from Famous Books



... you get your kicks at second hand, you old peeper," Alice put in but, "Quit lying, Pop," I said. "About having quit killing, for one thing. In my books, which happen to be the old books in this case, the accomplice is every bit as guilty as the man with the slicer. You helped us kill the Pilot ...
— The Night of the Long Knives • Fritz Reuter Leiber
... some of the bristly tribe, Who felt so touched by the peeper's gibe, Their backs were up; for they thought, at least, It aimed at them the low, mean beast: And they challenged Chick to her tiny face, In their sharp, high ...
— The Youth's Coronal • Hannah Flagg Gould
... time after the children had grown quiet, but finally went down stairs, and left Grandma rocking and watching, till the last little peeper should be closed, for she insisted on staying, as all the little folks were not with her always, and dearly she enjoyed ...
— Six Girls - A Home Story • Fannie Belle Irving


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