| Tourists as nuns, tourists as Turks, tourists as God-knows-what, all preening and peacocking! |
| For Charlotte had come in with a platter, and Nan turned about, peacocking before her unsurprised gaze. |
| It's called peacocking. Gets the chicks to notice me. Gives 'em a conversation piece. |
| The King and Queen, it was said, did not like this peacocking, but might not help it. |
| And Aunt Hannah in her enraged scorn even undertook a grotesque and mincing imitation of the peacocking aforesaid. |
| There was some quite enjoyable peacocking and they all had a sort of weird twinkle in their eye, like they wanted to be a bit naughty. |
