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I love that movie too. Time for me to watch it again.
I knew it!! I just watched that again a couple days ago. One of my favorite movies. The phrase must have still been bouncing around in my subconscious. ;-)
We are both right - and I was totally thinking of that same phrase. c.f O Brother, Where Art Thou?:
Big Dan Teague: "Thank you boys for throwin' in that fricassee. I'm a man of large appetite, and even with lunch under my belt, I was feelin' a mite peckish."
FWIW--American Heritage says "chiefly British"
I remember hearing that there are, or recently were, isolated pockets of the south where near-Elizabethan English was still spoken. You could both be right.
That comes to mind. I'm just speculating here, but the phrase "feelin' a mite peckish" also seems rather American (deep south) to me.
For some reason I feel like this is a British thing. What do you all think?
When you are past the point of peckishness, you may be ravishing;-)
When I am feeling famished I will often say I am past the point of peckishness