unˈpeel, v.
(un-2 9.)
| 1904 W. James Let. 16 June in R. B. Perry Thought & Character W. James (1935) II. 487 The original ‘that’ may vanish in the infinitely regressive superposition of human ‘whats’—we can't today unpeel them wholly. a 1914 in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 122 Then the sheila raced off squealin', And her clothes she was un-peelin'. 1969 Washington Post 14 Apr. a27/3 Aides believe that the Kennedy ploy..will ultimately unpeel Republican Senators from the anti-ABM forces. |