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peacockry
[f. peacock n. + -ry.]
= peacockery.
1909Daily Chron. 14 Aug. 2/3 At Siena you leave Pinturicchio's ‘peacockry’ in the Cathedral library only to meet a bevy of youths with striped legs, tight doublets, and feathered caps tossing banners down the street of St. Catherine. 1932Times Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. 305/4 A fault among boys was what was called ‘peacockry’, when their vanity caused them to pinch anything to adorn their person. 1967D. Beyfus in L. Deighton London Dossier 229 Traditional British lairs of masculine peacockry. |