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Definition of Pecked
1. peck [v] - See also: peck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecked
Literary usage of Pecked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"In most cases the figures bear no apparent relation to each other, mountain sheep,
human forms, labyrinths, spirals, and the like, being pecked haphazard on ..."
2. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815: New by Sir Spencer Walpole (1912)
"In well-ordered farms, however, the farmer refrained from turning his flock into
a field; he enclosed a portion of the field, picked or ' pecked' the ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Answering to our " hen-pecked " husband. Petit chaudron, grandes oreille».
— Children listen eagerly to everything that is said; therefore be careful what ..."
4. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"... ridiculous to a person unacquainted with the ancient Egyptian practice in this
respect, but readily understandable to anyone who has pecked his way up ..."
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