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adjective

Peaky adj.

Having a peak or peaks.

Sickly; peaked. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Peaky'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Peaky" Quotes from Famous Books

... was just as sharp though—'peaky' I used to call it," nodded the Duchess. "And she has actually sent Lisbeth away—dear child—and to such a horrid, quiet little place, too, where she'll have nobody to talk to but that ...

— My Lady Caprice • Jeffrey Farnol

... was standing. He wore a shabby suit and a blue handkerchief knotted about his neck served him as a substitute for the more conventional collar and tie. His body was more than half concealed by the side of the house along which the passage ran. But his face was clearly distinguishable—a peaky, thin face, the upper part in the shadow of the peak of a discoloured ...

— The Yellow Streak • Williams, Valentine

... got himself introduced into the home of the Palfreys, and notwithstanding a tendency in the male part of the family to jeer at him a little as "peaky" and bow-legged, he presently established his position as an accepted and frequent guest. Young Towers looked at him with increasing disgust when they met at the house on a Sunday, and secretly longed to try his ferret upon him, as a piece of vermin which ...

— Brother Jacob • George Eliot

Words linked to "Peaky" : peak, high-pitched