English Explanatory Dictionary

peel me a grape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A request to be pampered or to have one's whims indulged.

Word forms

peel me a grape

Etymology

First recorded use by Mae West in the film I'm no Angel (1933): "Beulah, (yes ma'am) peel me a grape."

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