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for peckish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
peckish \peck"ish\, a.
Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish
again?" --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
peckish
adj 1: somewhat hungry
2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy,
tetchy, techy]
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