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noun

Peeper n.

A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. "Who's there? peepers,... eavesdroppers?"

The eye; as, to close the peepers. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Peeper'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Peeper" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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

Words linked to "Peeper" : creature, optic, voyeur, peep, animal, spectator, fauna, colloquialism, Peeping Tom, oculus, eye