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单词 peeoy
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peeoyn.

Brit. /piːˈɔɪ/, U.S. /piˈɔɪ/, Scottish English /piˈɔɪ/
Forms: 1800s peeeoie, 1800s peeoe, 1800s peeoie, 1800s pehoy, 1800s pioie, 1800s pyowe, 1800s– peeoy, 1800s– pioy, 1800s– pioye, 1900s– pea o'ee, 1900s– peeoie, 1900s– peioy, 1900s– peoie, 1900s– peoy, 1900s– peoye.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative.
Scottish.
A kind of home-made firework consisting of a small cone of damp gunpowder which is lighted at the top. Cf. spitz-devil n.
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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > made from damp gunpowder
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1822 J. Galt Provost xxvi. 191 He was apt to puff and fiz, and go off with a pluff of anger like a pioye.
1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 277 Some conceity bodies, that bizz and fizz, and spit fire like a peeoy.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae ii. 22 Chapping at the man's door,..and puttin' poother in his fire, and pee-oys in his window.
1917 J. L. Robertson Petition 11 Let every little deevil-boy Let aff his cracker or pee-oy.
2000 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 4 Mar. 20 A Scottish word meaning home-made firework..can be spelled either ‘pioy’, ‘peeoy’ or ‘pioye’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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