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peeping Thomasina

peeping Thomasina noun: a female peeping tom.

Noun

peeping Thomasina (plural peeping Thomasinas)

  1. A female peeping tom.
    • “I don’t stare at her,” Steve insisted quickly. “It’s just that every once in a while she is looking at me when I look out the window.” / “A peeping Thomasina.” / “Now, Harry.” / “Well, it’s her name. Elizabeth Thomas.”1949, Isabella Taves, “That Unpredictable Look”, in The American Magazine, volume CXLVII, Springfield, Oh.: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38
    • The two females, at least, see a great deal through their window, and whether he was aware of it or not, Barrie presents them as an intolerable couple of gossips and peeping Thomasinas.1951, George Blake, chapter V, in Barrie and the Kailyard School (The English Novelists), London: Arthur Barker Ltd., →OCLC, page 72

Forms of peeping Thomasina

pluralpeeping Thomasinas

Origin of peeping Thomasina

By replacing tom with the feminine form of Thomas.

Questions about peeping Thomasina

What does peeping Thomasina mean?
Peeping Thomasina means a female peeping tom.
What part of speech is peeping Thomasina?
Peeping Thomasina is a noun.
What is the plural of peeping Thomasina?
The plural of peeping Thomasina is peeping Thomasinas.

Words near peeping Thomasina in the dictionary

  1. peepiest
  2. peepin'
  3. peeping
  4. peeping out
  5. peeping pixels
  6. peeping Thomasina
  7. peeping Thomasinas
  8. peeping tom
  9. peeping tomism
  10. peeping toms
  11. peepings

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