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Re: (erielack) pecking

Subject: Re: (erielack) pecking
From: John Payne <johndpayne_@_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 04:08:23 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <001801c5a899$1c340100$aceec741_@_DF8RFV31>

According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, College Edition:
 
peck' ing  or' der :  1.  a social relationship within a flock of poultry in which any one member may assert his dominance by pecking weaker members, but is in turn pecked by those stronger than he.  2.  a similar relationship within a human social group.
 
;^)

John Payne

Milford   Connecticut


david heckman <boots93_@_brinet.com> wrote:
List? where did the word pecking come from? i can"t find it in thedictionary. D.J.Heckman

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