peacocky
Example Sentences
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“We started with him being more peacocky, so full of himself and a big contrast to what was going on in the rest of Russia,” Perry says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
It was fun to put them in the book in their peacocky '70s incarnation where they really were the brightest stars in journalism.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
Jimmy is hungry and hustling; Saul, preening and peacocky; Gene, beaten and bitter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
I disliked their peacocky sheen and illegible surfaces.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
Ferrier's like my old mare used to be in the days when she was a little peacocky and fiery—she always wanted to rush her journeys.
From A Dream of the North Sea by Runciman, James
