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Definition of Peacocking
1. Noun. Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peacocking
1. peacock [v] - See also: peacock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacocking
Literary usage of Peacocking
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)
"The quantity of bottled ale which a gentleman of the period out peacocking, as
it was called, could put inside him may be calculated when it is said that a ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"peacocking, vb. n. Au slang. To peacock a piece c try means to pick out the the
land by selecting or up the choice pieces and frontages, so that the ac ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"F. v. Miiller, ' Botanic Teachings,' p. 42 : " The so-called native Peach-tree
of our desert tracts is a true Santalum, S. acuminatum." peacocking, vb. >i. ..."
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