bo-peep

[ boh-peep ]

/ boʊˈpip /

peekaboo.

Origin of bo-peep

1520–30; bo (variant of boo¹) + peep¹

True lovers are as certain to return as Bo-Peep's flock or a systematically deported cat.

The Spinster Book |Myrtle Reed
Dress the little girl in whose honor the party is given as little Bo-peep, with a little crook.

Games for Everybody |May C. Hofmann
Bo-peep started off bravely, and pinned the tail to her mother's apron!

Boy Blue and His Friends |Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell
Ladies of the ballet dance bewitchingly, while soldiers play at Bo-Peep behind enormous red hoops.

Punch Volume 102, May 28, 1892 |Various

That it is a variant of peep is seen in the child's word peek-a-boo, equivalent to bo-peep.

Write It Right |Ambrose Bierce

bo-peep

/ (ˌbəʊˈpiːp) /

a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly

Australian and NZ informal a quick look (esp in the phrase have a bo-peep)