Peart

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peart \Peart\ (p[=e]rt), a. [A variant of pert, a.]
     Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to
     convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. &
     Colloq. U. S.]
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           There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray,
           As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as
           flowers in May.                          --Warner
                                                    (1592).
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