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Peery
- - Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp.
Penny
- noun - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- copper coins
- The plural of 'penny' - e.g. one penny, two pence, three pence etc. (A penny is 1/100 part of a pound in UK currency)
Peony
- noun - any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
Peppy
- adjective - marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
Percy
- noun - English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
- United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
Perky
- adjective - characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
Perry
- noun - a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
- United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
- United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Pesky
- adjective - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
Petty
- adjective - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
- inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
- larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- Most trivial