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Examples

  • In other news, on the news tonight they're talking about a two-foot-long American 'gator with eighty teeth and a peevy attitude who was found abandoned.

    Follow this link suricattus 2005

  • Sometimes it's a peevy carnivore with sharp teeth and claws.

    random thoughts on human behavior suricattus 2005

  • And home to lovely sunrise, one of the awaited e-mails (la agent comes through!), a couple of blush-inducing fan letters, and a very peevy cat who demanded attention.

    Runaway, Jersey-style suricattus 2004

  • I suspect the cat will be rather peevy when I come in the door.

    Persephone (the quick update) suricattus 2004

  • I know, dear heart, that I am rather an impossible person, difficult to get on with and moody and peevy at times.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • The work of the drivers was done, and the last peevy had been tossed with

    The Fourth Watch 1910

  • So day by day he kept to his task, and not until the last log had shot safely into the boom in the creek below did he throw down his peevy.

    The Fourth Watch 1910

  • But ever as he handled the peevy there stood before him the vision of the sweet-faced woman at the Rectory.

    The Fourth Watch 1910

  • Together they moved on their way up the road, Stephen carrying his peevy upon his shoulder.

    The Fourth Watch 1910

  • Somehow they reached the boulder; somehow they plied ax or iron-hooked peevy, while the unstable, foam-lapped platform rocked beneath their feet.

    Vane of the Timberlands Harold Bindloss 1905

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