Peke
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8.8
A small dog with short legs, long silky fur and a flat face
- noun
- /piːk/
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Pekín
- The adorable Peke playfully chased after a ball in the park.
Examples
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Or, for example, the Peke rescue folks drove down to an auction and purchased "breeders" and brought them back here for spay/adoption. How is that any different if the auctioneers got their money?
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My Peke loves to sit on my lap and be pampered.
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From pekes and poms and poodles
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At the dog show, the small Peke captured everyone's attention with its long silky coat.
Synonyms
Pekingese
vsPeke
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6.8
A small dog from China with long silky fur, short legs, and a flat face
refers to an individual small short-legged dog of that breed
Pekinese
vsPeke
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5.9
A small Chinese dog with short legs, long silky hair, and a flat face
means the same but names an individual dog rather than the breed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peke is a short form of Pekingese, which means 'from Peking', the old name for Beijing. These tiny dogs came from China and were often kept by emperors as lap dogs, so a Peke is a small, flat-faced dog that likes to sit on your lap.