Lexicographical Neighbors of Peckings
Literary usage of Peckings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"Intermingling with them are a good many round marks, or peckings, ... The pits
and peckings which often accompany the " tracks " proper are far more likely ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"Intermingling with them are a good many round marks, or peckings, ... The pits
and peckings which often accompany the " tracks " proper are far more likely ..."
3. The Story of a Thousand-year Pine and Other Tales of Wild Life by Enos Abijah Mills (1913)
"In most cases his peckings in the wood are so shallow that no scar or record is
... Most of his peckings simply penetrate the bark, and on living trees this ..."
4. The Spell of the Rockies by Enos Abijah Mills (1911)
"In most cases his peckings in the wood are so shallow that no scar or record is
... Most of his peckings simply penetrate the bark, and on living trees this ..."
5. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (1895)
"... have turned me away because I let the rooks have a few peckings of corn.
And there's my wages—the last I shall ever hae ! ..."
6. The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography by Henry Adams (1918)
"... young man should be pleased to take his early muffin in Brook Street, and
supply a few crumbs of war news for the daily peckings of eminent patients. ..."
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