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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pek, Peck, n.2 [e.m.E. pecke (of troubles) (c 1535): cf. Pak n.1 4 and Pekn.1 1.] A ‘mass’, a ‘heap’, a large quantity (of some undesirable things). —1539 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 159.
That scho wes that hes ane pek of lyis betuix thi shoulderis 1645 Baillie II. 279.
We have been in a peck of troubles, many of us, these dayes by gone
