peepshow (pepsho)

A small show, consisting of pictures viewed through an orifice or hole fitted with a magnifying lens. A peepshow of Mazeppa and Paul Jones the pirate, de. seribing the pictures to the boys looking in at the little round windows. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 12. peep-sight (pēp'sīt), n. A plate containing a small hole through which the gunner sights, attached to the breech of a cannon or small arm. See cut under gun . The sights for match-rifles consist usually of wind-gauge foresight, and an elevating Vernier peep - sight affixed to the stock of the rifle. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 151. peepul (pē'pul), n. Same as pipul - tree . peepy (pe'pi), a . [ peep2 + -yl.] Sleepy; drowsy [Colloq.]