Meaning & use
Peever
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In Scottish and northern English usage, the game of hopscotch, or the flat stone or puck used to play it.
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The children chalked a grid on the pavement and started a game of peever.
She tossed the peever carefully onto the first numbered square.
A note on using this word
"Peever" is chiefly used in Scotland and parts of northern England, where the game is sometimes also called "peeverie" or "beds."
Words with a similar meaning
hopscotch
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