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pecking order:

Definitions:

  1. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

Examples:

  1. . I know you can say that birds are only too keen to demonstrate the pecking order and some may conveniently be described as bullies . But by and large everyone gets
  2. does n't come to blows but you feel there 's some sorting out of the pecking order going on . Goldfinches and tits are the regulars at the bird feeders . A
  3. each other and with a group within which there is little assertion of rank or pecking order among participants . Brainstorming is the basis for other group decision-making techniques . Appendix B
  4. Groups Larger groups may be possible but need very careful introductions as groups develop a pecking order . If another animal is introduced the pecking order has to be re-established , which
  5. beings so jealous of sharing anything , so apt to seek a place in the pecking order above their fellows . Austin Farrer , theologian and friend of C S Lewis ,

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