Green’s Dictionary of Slang

peer v.

[SE peer]

to act cautiously.

1788
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1823
[UK]Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Peer, to look about, to be circumspect.
[UK]Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785].
[UK]Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.