Peeps
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Examples
- I like peeps better than the gulls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We flew up, and hid behind the curtains, but sly peeps showed us Fred and the students singing away down below. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Miss Lavinia peeps in, and tells me mysteriously that she will not be long. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her gentle tapping at the door producing no response, she opens it and peeps in; seeing no one there, takes possession. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She starts up of a night and peeps into his room stealthily, to see that he is sleeping and not stolen away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The evidence of a bitter hostility between mother and father peeps out in many little things in the histories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The surgeon leans against the corner of the chimney-piece; Miss Flite peeps and trembles just within the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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