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Re: (erielack) pecking

 

_pecking order_ 
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(noun) 1 : the basic pattern of social  organization within a flock of 
poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in  the scale without fear of 
retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher  rank; broadly : a dominance 
hierarchy in a group of social  animals; 2 : a social hierarchy 
 
 
 
Damion
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/24/2005 6:47:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
boots93_@_brinet.com writes:

List?  where did the word pecking come from? i can"t find it in 
thedictionary.  D.J.Heckman

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