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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1587-1622
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(Peping,) Peeping, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (1568); Pepe v.1] a. Piping, sounding shrilly. b. transf. ? Peeping, cheeping, feebly or timidly expressed. — 1587-99 Hume 27/76.
The time sa tranquill is … That na where sall ye find … Ane aire of peeping wind 1622 Scot Course of Conformity 59.
The peeping answer returned to the first motion of these articles giving hope to prevaile [etc.]
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