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EACHY PEACHY, adj., n. I. = eeksie-peeksie adj. Gsw. 1962 Bill McGhee Cut and Run 17:
It was as plain as the face round my nose that she didn't like me, and for my part it was eachy-peachy.Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 21:
eachy peachy A slang expression meaning a fair devision, equal shares: 'Two tae me, two tae you, that's eachy peachy, intit?'Gsw. 1997 Herald 2 Jul 17:
Rangers, we will be told yet again, "have a mountain to climb" (on an even playing field of course) if they're to win a game and go further in Europe. When it comes to cliches we don't do things by half. Football is a game of two halves. If at the end it's eachy peachy there might be extra time or a third half. Are these haufs quarter gills?Sc. 2000 Sun 5 Dec :
But I don't have a problem with him at all. A lot of people get involved in scraps so I'm not harbouring any grudges against him. It was eachy peachy.

II. Words used in children's counting-out rhymes.Gsw. 1989:
Eachy-peachy play a plum, When does your birthday come?Bnff. 1990:
Eachy, peachy, pear, plumEdb. 1991:
Eachy peachy penny and plum, Stuff the paper up the lum.Edb. 1994:
Eachy peachy penny a plum I spy Tom Thumb