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Definition of Perkiest
1. perky [adj] - See also: perky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perkiest
Literary usage of Perkiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"The tail is carried up over the back in the perkiest of Wren fashions. These birds
build wonderful nests by pulling down portions of the reeds and weaving ..."
2. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"... with the lining of silver plant-down and with the gray stone cliff. In it were
five diminutive Wrens, the brightest, perkiest bird-babies imaginable. ..."
3. Plays by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, George Rapall Noyes (1917)
"When I put on that sable cloak, I'll look my perkiest, with my hands by my sides;
then your bearded friends will stare with their mouths wide open. ..."
4. The Show Dog: Being a Book Devoted to Describing the Cardinal Virtues and by Harry Woodworth Huntington (1901)
"In the Schipperke (pronounced Skipper-kee) we have one of the smartest and perkiest
little dogs known to the fancier, and he is unsurpassed as a companion. ..."
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