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Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Byatt novels are always streaked with descriptions of peacock greens and deep rich crimsons and shadowy mauves, so that reading them feels like standing beneath a stained glass window.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 28 June 2024
Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The Romp in Providence drew mostly white Gen X and baby boomer women who each paid $10 to peacock about in Mrs. Roper’s signature look (tight red perm, floor-sweeping caftans, chunky costume jewelry) and compete in trivia and limbo contests.
—Erik Piepenburg, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
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Noun
The nightclub on Second Avenue was elegantly appointed with floor plants, peacock chairs, and an upstairs dance floor.
—Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Byatt novels are always streaked with descriptions of peacock greens and deep rich crimsons and shadowy mauves, so that reading them feels like standing beneath a stained glass window.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 28 June 2024
Verb
Captain Alan Zaremba of Hollywood specializes in guiding anglers to peacock bass in South Florida as well as in the Amazon River basin in Colombia and Brazil.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The Romp in Providence drew mostly white Gen X and baby boomer women who each paid $10 to peacock about in Mrs. Roper’s signature look (tight red perm, floor-sweeping caftans, chunky costume jewelry) and compete in trivia and limbo contests.
—Erik Piepenburg, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Peacock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacock. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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