keep one's pecker up

Meaning: (chieflyBritish,idiomatic)Toremaincheerful;keepsmiling.1880,Talbot Baines Reed,The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's:“Of course you will,” said Wraysford, cheerily; “it’s hard lines at first.Keep your pecker up, young ’un.” The young ’un, despite this friendly advice, felt very far fromkeeping up his pecker. But he did his best, and worked his face into a melancholy sort of a smile.1922February,James Joyce,Ulysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:, Episode 12,The Cyclops--Keep your pecker up, says Joe. She'd have won the money only for the other dog.1977, W. Somerset Maugham,Collected short stories:"Nerves a bit dicky, eh? Playing a tune tokeep your pecker up?"2003, Janet Floyd, Laurel Forster,The recipe reader: narratives, contexts, traditions:All you need is a box of goodies tokeep your pecker up, ...

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