bo-peep

bo-peep

(ˌbəʊˈpiːp)
n
1. (Games, other than specified) a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly
2. informal Austral and NZ a quick look (esp in the phrase have a bo-peep)
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Translations

bo-peep

[bəʊˈpiːp] N to play bo-peepjugar tapándose la cara y descubriéndola de repente
Little Bo-peep personaje de una poesía infantil, famoso por haber perdido sus ovejas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
References in classic literature ?
Jaggers's fire, its rising and falling flame made the two casts on the shelf look as if they were playing a diabolical game at bo-peep with me; while the pair of coarse fat office candles that dimly lighted Mr.
Rhyme Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, Bringing their tails behind them.
Proud 'tita' moment: Congratulations to my niece Florianne Marie Lucindo Jimenez, whom we all called 'Bo-peep' in her childhood but now goes by the more 'adult' appellation of 'Bo,' for the latest of her many achievements.
Rhymes include popular favorites "Mary Had a Little Lamb", "Peter Piper", and "Little Bo-Peep", as well as lesser-known verses such as "Little Polly Flinders" and "Jerry Hall".
Pauline and her late husband were co owners of Little Bo-Peep Day Care Center in Cherry Valley.
By VICTORIA MCMAHON IF Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep she wouldn't have far to find them yesterday outside Belfast City Hall.
The frilly top, lacy knickers and matching Little Bo-Peep style stockings proved a hit with the crowd as a slimmeddown Lily showed off her behind.
Wearing a greenishblonde wig and a blue Bo-Peep dress, Claire sat beside Tory Shadow Security Spokesman Dame Pauline Neville- Jones and spoke in a very deep, very un- Claire-like voice.
But this strange-looking group, complete with Little Bo-Peep, was helping fancy dress shop Dandys move its stock to a new store in Scotswood Road.
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A PRIMARY school head went to work dressed as Little Bo-Peep while her two secretaries dressed as sheep in a book-character day aimed at bringing the printed word to life.