Definition of "pec" []

• Slang A pectoral muscle. Often used in the plural: "Beneath those pecs there beats a heart” ( Leon Wieseltier). (noun)

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• "But, no! no! I tell you, no! You shall never be able to utter more than _pec, pec, pec_; and while with your mouths open you are stammering and stuttering to get out _cavi_, Satan and his blackguards shall come and peck you, even as crows peck carrion."
• "I's you an 'not turn up my nose at him 'cause he wears pants, an' you can learn him how to talk properer'n what he do an 'I betcher he'd jest nachelly take to a broom, an' I s'pec 'he ain't got nobody' tall to show him how to sew."
• "I s'pec 'it seem sorter funny ter you, boss, but dat w'ite 'oman done had lots er trouble; she done had bunnunce er trouble -- she sholy is!"