PEEPERS

Noun

peepers

plural of peeper (eyes).

Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?'

Source: Wiktionary


PEEPER

Peep"er, n.

1. A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

2. One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. Who's there peepers, . . . eavesdroppers J. Webster.

3. The eye; as, to close the peepers. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MEGACOLON

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