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Webster 1913 Edition
peckish
peck′ish
,Adj.
Inclined to eat; hungry.
[Colloq.]
“When shall I feel peckish again?” Beaconsfield.
Definition 2024
peckish
peckish
English
Adjective
peckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)
- (colloquial) mildly hungry[1]
- (colloquial) irritable; crotchety
- (colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.
- (colloquial) Native to Peckham.
Translations
mildly hungry
irritable
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References
- ↑ 1860. John Camden Hotten. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words page 188.