was peacocking
- past progressive of peacock.
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My mount was peacocking on the grass when suddenly we heard a "Halloa!" and the whole field went hammering like John Gilpin down the hard high road.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot