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keeps one's pecker up

keeps one's pecker up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's pecker up.

Meaning of keep one's pecker up

Verb

keep one's pecker up (third-person singular simple present keeps one's pecker up, present participle keeping one's pecker up, simple past and past participle kept one's pecker up)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To remain cheerful; keep smiling.
    • “Of course you will,” said Wraysford, cheerily; “it’s hard lines at first. Keep your pecker up, young ’un.” The young ’un, despite this friendly advice, felt very far from keeping up his pecker. But he did his best, and worked his face into a melancholy sort of a smile.1880, Talbot Baines Reed, The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's

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Keeps one's pecker up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's pecker up.

Words near keeps one's pecker up in the dictionary

  1. keeps one's nerve
  2. keeps one's nose clean
  3. keeps one's options open
  4. keeps one's own counsel
  5. keeps one's pants on
  6. keeps one's pecker up
  7. keeps one's powder dry
  8. keeps one's shirt on
  9. keeps one's side of the bargain
  10. keeps one's stick on the ice
  11. keeps one's temper

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