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Definition of Perking
1. perk [v] - See also: perk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perking
Literary usage of Perking
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)
"Сто, sv perking, the late D of M. Also any pert, forward, silly Fellow. 5835.
... He is a tall, thin, bony man with . . . little restless, perking eyes. ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"perking. Looking up, drawing up. The early blossoms perking out their heads.
CLARE'S Shep. Cal. p. 32. Sweet it was to mark the flower, ..."
3. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1885)
"perking, Ellen M. Christie Pearl. An American writer for the young. ... perking,
Frederic Beecher. Pharaoh Budlong. An American bibliographer; Yale Coll., ..."
4. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1850)
"... curious passage on this matter written in 1585: " Sometimes," the writer
says, " they wore their hats sharpe in the crowne, perking up like the spire or ..."
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