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Definition of pet peeve - 3 dictionary results
pet peeve
–noun
| a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves. |
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism
1915–20, Americanism
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| pet peeve n. Informal Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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pet peeve
A particular or recurring source of irritation, as in My pet peeve is that neighbor's cat running through my herb garden. [Early 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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