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bo-peep
noun 3verb 1
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2VERB + BO-PEEP
get, play
ADV.
then
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noun
1
The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle someone (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
That such a king should play bo-peep, / And go the fools among.
1881, Geneva Gazette - Jul 8, 1881, page 2, "Official Paper Of The Village" They have not employed spies, nor been voluntary or involuntary witnesses of misdeeds or played "bopeep" through key-holes or from step-ladders through transom windows, upon the privacy of their political adversaries.
2
Any whistling frog.
3
Sleep.
Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.
verb
1
To play the game of bo-peep; to peek out suddenly.
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That such a king should play bo-peep, / And go the fools among.
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1881, Geneva Gazette - Jul 8, 1881, page 2, "Official Paper Of The Village" They have not employed spies, nor been voluntary or involuntary witnesses of misdeeds or played "bopeep" through key-holes o
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Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.
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