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单词 peeps
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peepsn.

Brit. /piːps/, U.S. /pips/
Forms: 1800s peops (non-standard), 1800s– peeps.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: people n.
Etymology: < peep, representing a pronunciation of the first syllable of people n. + plural ending -s.
slang in later use.
With plural agreement. = people n. (in various senses); spec. (with possessive adjective) one's close friends or associates. Also as a form of address.The earlier quots. represent the speech of non-native English speakers.
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the world > people > [noun]
maneOE
worldOE
all fleshc1000
mankinOE
earthOE
little worldc1175
man's kinda1200
mankinda1225
worldrichec1275
slimec1315
kindc1325
world1340
sectc1400
humanityc1450
microcosma1475
peoplea1500
the human kindred?1533
race1553
homo1561
humankind1561
universality1561
deadly?1590
mortality1598
rational1601
vicegerent1601
small world1604
flesh and blooda1616
mannity1621
human race1623
universea1645
nations1667
public1699
the species1711
Adamhood1828
Jock Tamson's bairns1832
folx1833
Bimana1839
human1841
peeps1847
menfolk1870
manfolk1876
amniota1879
peoplekind1956
personkind1972
1847 Janesville (Wisconsin Territory) Gaz. 29 Dec. The following concise and appropriate prayer was once offered in the Michigan Legislature, by a French chaplain: ‘O Lor! Bless de peeps and their servant de representatives. May dey make laws for de peeps and not for demselves—amen.’
1868 S. Smith Theatrical Managem. in West & South 173/2 ‘I hear,’ said he to me, ‘dat in dis Cincinnati de peops very mush fond of de musique, and de eat and de drink is sheep [i.e. cheap].’
1951 Chicago Tribune 29 Dec. ii. 1/1 Around the country, high schoolers are greeting each other with ‘Hi, peeps’ (short for ‘hello, people’, of course).
1973 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Informant xli. 155 At 7:45 a.m. the ‘peeps’ trooped in yawning.
1988 H. Enfield Wad & Peeps 94/1 Golf, the sport of badly dressed peeps all round the world.
1997 Source Oct. 156/3 [The] recording studio is located close enough to his hometown for him to maintain a constant rapport with his peeps.
2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) vii. 143 I ain't really doin' no full-blown interview right now... I came to hang with my peeps. With my peeps.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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