GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Peart (pērt), a. [A variant of pert, a.] Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, “she is quite peart to-day”. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray,
As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).
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