peevers การใช้
- For example : " The prime minister scotched the rumours of her illness by making a public appearance . " Also, in the traditional children's game of " hopscotch ", known as " peevers " in Scotland, it refers to the lines one hops over.
- This is a lassies'den ! " girl playing " peevers " ( hopscotch ); boys singing ( probably steps in Alva Place ); another girl bouncing a ball off a wall; 12.01 bird s-eye view of "'West Norton Place "'from Regent Road School; girls double-rope skipping with tram in London Road passing top of Easter Road; slow-motion skipping sequence; girl roller-skating; 12.42 top of "'Victoria Street "'from George IV Bridge; girls playing hide-and-seek on "'Victoria Terrace "'and the "'Upper Bow Steps "'; group of girls on Victoria Terrace with India Buildings behind; Bowfoot rooftops; 13.49 girls skipping at gates of the Eastern Cemetery, "'Drum Place "'; angels drawn in chalk on pavement; 14.13 unidentified rooftops; girl skipping in street with coal merchant s lorry behind ( unidentified location ); 14.45 top of "'Victoria Street "'( showing steel frame construction of the National Library of Scotland, erected in 1939 but completed only after the war, 1950 55 ); girls skipping down Victoria Terrace and Victoria Street, left and right; girl on street turns curve of the Bowfoot; girls wave farewell; Bowfoot rooftops; girl continues down towards the Grassmarket, but emerges at Sandport Place Bridge on "'The Shore, Leith " '.