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UK
/pˈɛkɪʃ/
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ADJECTIVE
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easily irritated or annoyed
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
an incorrigibly fractious young man - somewhat hungry
How To Use peckish In A Sentence
- Vogue was feeling peckish, so had a couple of mini croissants and an orange juice. The Sun
- You can also enjoy two snacks if you still feel peckish. The Sun
- All of this was making me feel a bit peckish. Times, Sunday Times
- Is there anything to eat? I'm feeling a bit peckish.
- He was getting what ha called "peckish" now, and was just going to the coffee-room of the Victoria Hotel with the intention of ordering a steak and a glass of brandy-and-water -- Mr. Carter never took beer, which is a sleepy beverage, inimical to that perpetual clearness of intellect necessary to a detective -- when he changed his mind, and walked back to the edge of the quay, to prowl along once more with his hands in his pockets, looking at the vessels, and to take another inspection of the deck and captain of the _Crow_. Henry Dunbar A Novel
- Although my sole intention and natural instinct was to get my date drunk, we were feeling rather peckish.
- This master craftswoman is getting a mite peckish. Not Flesh Nor Feathers
- Vogue was feeling peckish, so had a couple of mini croissants and an orange juice. The Sun
- Vogue was feeling peckish, so had a couple of mini croissants and an orange juice. The Sun
- Feeling peckish he ordered room service, locking the dog in the bathroom when the waiter arrived.