peek-a-boo
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4ADJ.
black, conservative, covered, cute
VERB + PEEK-A-BOO
hand, play, played, said, seen, selling
PEEK-A-BOO + NOUN
baby, jeans, swimsuit, waistcoat
PREP.
around, in, with, with
Definitions
noun
Alternative form of peekaboo.
adj
Alternative form of peekaboo.
“You have a bad cold? No wonder! If I went around with a peek-a-boo coat, no waistcoat and a sleeveless shirt, I would have a cold too, and serve me right.”
It had made its reputation selling peek-a-boo jeans in the last days of the hard rock concerts.
verb
Alternative form of peekaboo.
The rose stands to me for the sunshine / That helps to make all burdens light; / And silver I’d use for the star-shine / That peek-a-boos through the dark night.
It was the same sun of forty years before, when I had wanted to believe it was no bigger than a sunflower; the same sun peek-a-booing through the palm trees in Miami since I was a child; the same sun my soul had taken in countless times rising over the ocean.
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6“You have a bad cold? No wonder! If I went around with a peek-a-boo coat, no waistcoat and a sleeveless shirt, I would have a cold too, and serve me right.”
WiktionaryIt had made its reputation selling peek-a-boo jeans in the last days of the hard rock concerts.
WiktionaryNext came the more conservative black peek-a-boo swimsuit that covered more than it seemed.
WiktionaryThe rose stands to me for the sunshine / That helps to make all burdens light; / And silver I’d use for the star-shine / That peek-a-boos through the dark night.
WiktionaryIt was the same sun of forty years before, when I had wanted to believe it was no bigger than a sunflower; the same sun peek-a-booing through the palm trees in Miami since I was a child; the same sun
WiktionaryShe was wearing a stiff maroon saree and as she talked, her lacy black bra peek-a-booed from under her blouse.
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