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Peckish

adjective
1.
Somewhat hungry.
2.
Easily irritated or annoyed.  Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy.  "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"





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"Peckish" Quotes from Famous Books



... remember it," cried Jack. "I'm to have five guineas if I do, and no dinner if I don't: and if I stay here much longer, I shall get no dinner at all events, for they are all terribly peckish, and there will be ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)


Words linked to "Peckish" :   hungry, fractious, U.K., ill-natured, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UK, United Kingdom, Britain, Great Britain


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