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Peak District National Park
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peaked (2)
peak·ed [ pkəd ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
U.S. sickly: thin, pale, and sickly in appearance.
Canadian term  peaky
[Mid-19th century. < archaic peak "be sickly," origin ?]
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