Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacocked
Literary usage of Peacocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"peacocked up with Lancelot's noticing. 1883. Graphic, 17 M"-, 286. 3. Another curious
custom of Indian ... In peacocked the little man with the long chain. ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"A hundred years ago the lords of creation set Beauty above Health or convenience,
just as the ladies do now, and peacocked about in their peach-blossom ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"i as the ladies do now, and peacocked about in their peach blossom coats and
embroidered waistcoats, surmounted by wigs, for whose stupendous discomfort ..."
4. The Bookman (1906)
"Clouds peacocked past it, trailing rich brocades ; busy bird commuters paused in
their homeward rush hour to straighten dusty bonnets, while, ..."
5. The Naval War of 1812: Or, The History of the United States Navy During the by Theodore Roosevelt (1882)
"It has been often said that he engaged against his judgment, but this may be
doubted His experience with the Bonne Citoyenne, Espiegle and peacocked not ..."
6. American Agriculturist (1848)
"Mr. Abbey disputes Mr. peacocked facts, about raising meat ; but, unless, I am
misinformed upon this subject, Mr. P. is far nearer the mark than Mr. A. As ..."
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