persp
(pɜːsp)
Also persp (without full point).
Colloq. abbrev. of perspiration 4.
| 1923 Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 24 The good old persp. was bedewing my forehead by this time in a pretty lavish manner. 1966 ― Plum Pie i. 19 It was with quite a few beads of persp bedewing the brow that I went back to the dining room. 1974 ― Aunts aren't Gentlemen ii. 12 He said ‘Phew’ and removed a bead of persp. from the brow. |