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peeoy Sc.|piˈoi|
Also peeoye, peeoe, pioy(e, pee-o-ie, pyowe.
A child's firework, consisting of a small cone of damp gunpowder, which is lighted at the top; also called a ‘spitting devil’.
1822Galt Provost xxvi, He was apt to puff and fiz, and go off with a pluff of anger like a pioye. 1825Jamieson, Peeoy, pioye, peeoe, s., a small quantity of moistened gun⁓powder, formed into a pyramidal shape, and kindled at the top. 1886A. Stewart Remin. Dunfermline 62 Pee-o-ies made of wet powder kneaded into a paste in the hand. 1889Stevenson Master of B. ii. 22 Chapping at the man's door,..and puttin' poother in his fire and pee-oys in his window. |