Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
peep-hole. Sir R. L ' Estrange.
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Examples
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One day the screams of a child nerved me with strength to crawl to my peeping-hole, and I saw my son covered with blood.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl aka Brent Linda 1861
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Through my peeping-hole I could watch the children, and when they were near enough, I could hear their talk.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself 1860
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One day the screams of a child nerved me with strength to crawl to my peeping-hole, and I saw my son covered with blood.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself 1860
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Through my peeping-hole I could watch the children, and when they were near enough, I could hear their talk.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855
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One day the screams of a child nerved me with strength to crawl to my peeping-hole, and I saw my son covered with blood.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855
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"Well, Bart, what do you think of that?" whispered our listener to himself, as now, on the departure of the girl from the room, he withdrew from his peeping-hole.
The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont D. P. Thompson 1831
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